NT Announces “Bigger, Better” Home Improvement Scheme
Home owners in Darwin and throughout the Northern Territory thinking about going solar now have an added incentive – the re-launched Home Improvement Scheme. The previous scheme offered vouchers of up to $2,000 to go towards home improvements, such as the purchase of solar power systems and battery storage. The new scheme offers double that […]
Solar PV And Electric Vehicles Could Topple Fossil Fuel – Soon
A new report warns fossil fuels may lose 10 per cent of market share to solar panels and electric vehicles within just a decade; enough to cripple energy incumbents. The report, published by Imperial College Of London’s Grantham Institute was authored by Luke Sussams and James Leaton of Carbon Tracker. It argues that business-as-usual (BAU) […]
174,340 Solar Panels Along Canberra’s “Solar Highway”
An extra 36,000 solar panels now installed along Canberra’s “solar highway” will generate enough clean electricity to power approximately 3,000 ACT homes. Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury announced on Friday that the Territory’s Williamsdale Solar Farm has been completed. The facility will produce around 21,900 megawatt hours of electricity annually. “Canberra is […]
“Clean Coal” Power Generation Costly And Risky
The Coalition’s ambitions for building power plants based on “state-of-the-art clean coal-fired technology” are meeting a good deal of resistance – and not just from tree-huggers. In an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull outlined his party’s vision of a technology-agnostic approach to energy in Australia; which it seems […]
Super-Efficient, Low-Cost Solar Still Unveiled
A multinational team working out of the University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a prototype solar water purifier capable of producing drinkable water from contaminated or salty liquids at 2.4 times the rate of leading commercial products. The solar still system, called a “solar vapour generator”, cleans and desalinates water […]
“Technology-Agnostic” Energy Policy : PM Turnbull
Stating that the battle lines have been drawn, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday outlined what he called the Coalition’s “clear-eyed, pragmatic and objective” approach to cheaper energy. Speaking at the National Press Club, the Prime Minister took aim at some of the states pursuing their own renewable energy targets, saying they had given no […]
2016 Was Huge For Wind Power In Canada
Canada’s wind power sector continued to surge in 2016, with the addition of over 700 MW of new capacity from projects spread across the country. According to a report from the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), 21 wind projects were commissioned in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia last year, representing a total investment value of […]
Massive Battery-Ready Solar Farm For South Australia
A 100MW solar farm featuring 400,000 solar panels will be constructed near the South Australian town of Tailem Bend. The Advertiser and Australian Financial Review report the $200m project, which will generate enough electricity for 40,000 homes, will be formally announced today. The facility will be constructed in a way to enable the future addition […]
Vale Art Rosenfeld – Energy Efficiency Pioneer
Arthur H. Rosenfeld understood the cheapest and greenest watt-hour is the one that doesn’t have to be produced – and then he taught us all. Mr. Rosenfeld passed away last week aged 90 – they were years incredibly well spent. In the 1970’s, the USA was in the grips of an oil crisis that saw […]
Solar Powered Better Shelter Wins Design Award
A flat pack emergency shelter incorporating solar power has won the Beazley Design of the Year for its contribution towards the global issue of population displacement. Flat-pack design wizards IKEA helped develop Better Shelter as temporary accommodation for refugees. Operating as a social enterprise, the project strives to create a better “home away from home” […]
