Solar Means Business In The USA
Target leads businesses in the USA going solar states a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) – the first time it has reached the no.1 spot. The retailer now has 147.5 megawatts of installed solar capacity and is continuing to work towards a goal of having installed solar panels on 500 stores […]
Australian High School Students Gear Up For Solar Car Challenge
Participants of future World Solar Challenges, budding solar engineers and installers may emerge from this scaled-down solar car race in Wodonga, Victoria. Last Friday saw practice day for teams participating in this year’s Solar Car Challenge, which will see 13 teams from high schools throughout the Albury/Wodonga region compete. The event began in 2003, an […]
Australian Universities “Squandering” Solar Power Opportunities
A new report estimates the electricity consumption of Australia’s universities has almost doubled in a decade – and it will only increase. The Australian reports research from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) indicates Australia’s universities are spending up to $720 million a year on electricity and missing out on opportunities to lower energy costs […]
State Renewable Energy Targets – Queensland Strikes Back
It seems Queensland’s government has just about had enough of the Feds dissing the state’s renewable energy target aspirations of 50% by 2030. Queensland Minister for Energy Mark Bailey has called on Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg to “release his trumped-up figures he’s using to scare Queenslanders about the State’s renewable energy target.” The Federal […]
Sonnen Raises USD $85 Million To Boost Battery Business
Leading European battery manufacturer, Germany’s sonnen Group, has announced it has successfully completed a new financing round with a total equity amount of USD $85 million (~ AUD $111 million). The financing will go toward activities including the development of its sonnenCommunity energy sharing platform further expansion of its energy storage business in the United […]
Australian Solar Subsidy Countdown
There are now less than 11 weeks before a series of reductions to Australia’s major home and commercial solar power subsidy begin. Under the Solar Credits scheme, a qualifying* solar power system is accompanied by small-scale technology certificates (STCs – previously known as RECs), which have a value. By assigning these STC’s to an installation […]
UK Must Incentivise Energy Storage : Parliamentary Committee Report
The U.K. Parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Committee has called on the nation’s government to incentivise innovative energy storage and demand side response (DSR) technologies. “There is an incredible opportunity for the UK to become a world leader in these disruptive technologies,” said the Committee’s Chair, Angus MacNeil MP. ” Yet our current energy security […]
Sonnen Battery Systems “Transforming Germany’s Electricity Market”
German residential battery system manufacturer Sonnen has been included in MIT Technology Review’s “50 Smartest Companies 2016” list. Sonnen is Europe’s leading home energy storage manufacturer. The company has been spreading its wings in countries including Australia, where the sonnenBatterie Eco is enabling solar power system owners to make the most of their valuable rooftop-generated […]
Solar Powered USV Headed Toward New Zealand
The end of October should see the arrival on New Zealand shores of Seacharger, which may be the first unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to cross an ocean on solar power alone. The craft set out from Hawaii on July 27 on a pre-programmed route. While autonomous, it can also be controlled remotely in case it […]
Stanford Boosts Solar Capacity
When it comes to the advancement of solar power, California’s Stanford University certainly walks the talk. From solar-powered retinal implants for the vision impaired, to busting perovskite solar cell efficiency records, it seems not a month goes by without a new technological breakthrough from Stanford’s high achievers Now the University has announced that by year’s […]