Storage Key To Unlocking EU Solar Potential
SolarPower Europe is calling on EU member states to set concrete policy on solar storage technologies in order to unlock huge clean energy potential in the electricity, heating and cooling as well as transport sectors. In a new policy paper, “Solar and Storage”, SolarPower Europe (former European Photovoltaic Industries Association), along with partners the European […]
Zero Carbon Australia – Renewable Energy Superpower
The 2016 Beyond Zero Emissions Renewable Energy Superpower National Tour kicked off yesterday with the launch of a report on how Australia can realise its full renewable energy potential. “Australia’s high quality renewable resources are the foundation for a sustained energy advantage,” states the report. “The economic renewable energy resource potential of Australia is greater […]
Frankston Life Saving Club Goes Solar
Frankston in Victoria boasts the first life saving club to receive solar panels under the Victorian Government’s Community Renewables Solar Grants Initiative. According to the state’s Minister for Energy and Resources, Lily D’Ambrosio, solar power systems will be installed on most of Victoria’s 50 or so life saving clubs under the $500,000 scheme. Under the […]
Solabat : Solar + Battery Hybrid System
The Solabat project gives new meaning to the term solar + storage – it aims to combine the two on a single device. Researchers at the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) say they are entering largely unknown scientific territory with the project. While small solar + battery devices are already widely available, the Solabat […]
Adelaide Gets A Thumbs Up For Climate Action
South Australia’s capital city, Adelaide, has been ranked in the top 10 globally for climate change reporting in the CDP Cities 2015 Report. CDP, formerly known as Climate Disclosure Project, holds the largest collection of self reported climate change, water and forest-risk data in the world. “This international report is another feather in the cap […]
Healthy Homes : Tesla Powerwall Installation – Video
Walt and Dani from Channel 10’s Healthy Homes recently dropped in on an Energy Matters/SunEdison Australia team installing a Tesla Powerwall home battery system. Apparently the first filming of a Powerwall installation in Australia, the project went smoothly (albeit in very blustery conditions) and the system’s proud owners can now gain much more from their […]
Solar Panel Glass Made From Wood?
We’ve seen all sorts of novel materials used to create solar cells and batteries, but here’s a new one for a different component – wood as glass facing for solar panels. Solar panel glass doesn’t get much attention in the media; but it’s a very important component of a module. Poor quality glass can discolour […]
2.5 Million Clean Energy Workers In The USA
More than 2.5 million people work in clean energy related employment across the United States, with 414,000 of those jobs in renewable energy. The Clean Jobs In America report states energy efficiency is the largest clean energy sector, accounting for nearly 1.9 million workers. 328,000 of those people work in the energy efficient lighting industry […]
Coal Power’s Not-Quite-Last Gasp
While renewable energy is the flavour of the day, coal fired power generation isn’t dead yet – and not by a long shot it seems. It appears the last gasps will still be from those coal kills some time to come. While there was a decrease in power generation from coal again last year, the […]
Redflow Commissions Large Scale Battery Installation
Australian energy storage company Redflow has announced the commissioning of a 660kWh battery system in South Australia. The energy storage unit consists of 60 ZBM flow batteries housed in a shipping container form factor that also incorporates system control and monitoring hardware. Flow batteries work by pumping two solutions separated by a membrane in one […]