Presented by Energy Matters team member Virginia, twice a week we cover some of the stories from Australia and around the world recently added to our renewable energy news section.
In this episode, Virginia covers Solar power to the people of India, Scotland aims for 80% renewable energy by 2020, Australian geothermal energy project, Johnson and Johnson’s new solar farm and a solar forecasting system under development.
In this episode:
– Power to the People: Investing in Clean Energy for the Base of the Pyramid in India is a recent study that identifies the less-fortunate in the country as a huge market for solar solutions. Read more.
– Scotland has committed to cutting carbon dioxide emissions by forty two per cent by 2020 and expanding renewable energy capacity to the equivalent capacity of at least eighty per cent of demand by the end of this decade. Read more
– Green Rock Energy Limited has received seven million in federal funding towards its proposed geothermal test well at WA University’s Crawley Campus. Read more.
– Johnson & Johnson Medical has unveiled the largest solar panel array in the US. Read more.
– Sandia National Laboratories researchers have created a system to monitor how clouds affect large scale solar farms. Read more.
More details on these stories and many more can be viewed in our renewable energy news section. For previous episodes, visit the Energy Matters Video News archive. For news on the run, don’t forget to check out our new mobile news service!
