Solar Power A Third The True Cost Of Coal Fired Electricity
With environmental and health impacts factored in, solar power is far less costly than coal-fired electricity generation – more than two-thirds cheaper in the USA. A Duke University study states when environmental and health damages are added into costs of power generation, coal comes out at a whopping (USD) 42 cents per kilowatt hour compared […]
SMA Inverters Powering Rockwell Solar Farm
The 4.25 MW Rockwell Solar Farm in North Carolina is operational and is expected generate more than 6,200 MWh of clean electricity annually. The facility is powered by 16,629 solar panels and solar inverter equipment provided by SMA; including 145 Sunny Tripower TL-US inverters, one Sunny Tripower 20000TL-US three-phase, transformerless inverter and two SMA Cluster […]
The Solar Powered Laser Mosquito Zapper
Solar power + lasers + cutting edge software = dead mosquitoes. Does tech get any cooler than this? Mosquitoes in some parts of the world carry a deadly payload – malaria, a parasite that kills more than 600,000 people each year. While malaria isn’t endemic in Australia, mosquitoes are carriers of other debilitating conditions that […]
SunEdison Moves Into Energy Storage
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), has announced the acquisition of the energy storage project origination team, project pipeline and four operating storage projects from Solar Grid Storage (the latter subject to customary consents and assignments). Solar Grid Storage focuses on projects ranging from 150kW to 10MW. The inverter in its flagship product, PowerFactor, acts as a […]
Floating Solar Farm For South Australia Proceeding
It’s been a long lead-up, but it appears construction of Australia’s first floating solar farm is about to begin. ABC News reports Infratech Industries’ Felicia Whiting said the array at a wastewater treatment facility in Jamestown in South Australia’s mid-north region will be operational by early April. Equipment is expected to start arriving at the […]
Trina Solar Expecting A Big 2015
Trina Solar has announced it expects to boost its solar panel production capacity 20% in 2015. Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) yesterday published its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014, plus outlook for this year. During 2014, the company’s total solar module shipments reached approximately 3.66 GW, an increase […]
Off-Grid Hybrid Power Project For Flinders Island
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced yesterday it would be providing $5.5 million support for an off-grid hybrid power project on Flinders Island. Flinders Island is situated 54 kilometres from Cape Portland on the north-eastern tip of Tasmania and is the largest island in the Furneaux Group. Like many island communities, it relies heavily […]
Labor Rejects Latest Renewable Energy Target Offer
It appears the latest proposal from the Abbott government concerning Australia’s Renewable Energy Target has been rejected by Labor. The Sydney Morning Herald reports the government tabled a proposal to set the target at 31,000 gigawatt hours of renewable energy by 2020, far below the legislated target of 41,000 gigawatt hours. The Clean Energy Council […]
23.6MW Solar Farm Planned For Central Western Queensland
Pending approvals, construction of the Barcaldine Solar Farm in Queensland could begin as early as next year. The Barcaldine Solar Farm, currently in planning phase, is a proposed 23.6 megawatt facility situated approximately five kilometres east of Barcaldine. The site is adjacent to an existing transmission substation, reducing the need for additional transmission infrastructure. Barcaldine […]
USA’s First Offshore Wind Farm Powers Ahead
U.S. wind energy developer Deepwater Wind has announced it will build America’s first offshore wind farm, after securing more than USD$290 million in financing from major investors such as French fund Societe Generale and Ohio-based Keybank. Construction of turbines, nacelles and platforms for the Deepwater Wind Block Island farm, a 30-megawatt facility just three miles […]
