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 from super soaker to super solar power, solar panel roads coming soon, Australia falling behind on carbon pollution pricing, Obama, Mythbusters and Archimedes’ solar death ray and renewable energy avoids UK austerity measures.
In this episode:
– The inventor of the Super Soaker water gun has been working on a low cost and more efficient way of converting solar power to electricity. Read more.
– US company Solar Roadways recently won the GE Ecomagination Challenge for their vision of covering every sealed road surface with solar panels. Read more.
– A new report from the Climate Institute has found that Australia is falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to pricing pollution. Read more.
– Achimedes solar death ray has caught the interest of US President Barack Obama. Read more.
– The UK government announced that it will slash almost five hundred thousand public sector jobs and increase pension contributions while scrapping leave entitlements. 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!
