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University of Notre Dame To Kill Off Coal

The University of Notre Dame has announced it will cease burning coal within 5 years. The University is big – so big it has its own power generation facilities that supply around half of its needs. Electricity is produced on-site from ten generators; five of which are steam-driven turbines and five are diesel engine-driven generators. […]

OECD : Fossil Fuel Support At USD $160-200bn Annually

A new OECD inventory highlights progress to reform spending programmes, tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuels has been slow. The OECD Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2015 shows governments are spending almost double the amount supporting fossil fuels – USD $160-200bn annually – as is needed to meet the climate-finance objectives set […]

More Of South Australia Opened Up To Renewable Energy Projects

The South Australian Government has reduced regulatory burdens on renewable energy projects on state Crown lands; a move it says will provide greater certainty to investors and make South Australia even more competitive. The proclamation of the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation (Renewable Energy) Amendment Act 2014 means wind farm developer can now apply for […]

Australia’s New Energy and Resources Minister – Josh Frydenberg

Australia’s Energy and Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg has been welcomed by some in his new role; but there’s a bit of history that makes others a tad hesitant. Mr Frydenberg, Federal Member for Kooyong and previously Assistant Treasurer, was given his new portfolio by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the weekend and sworn in yesterday. […]

$102 Million In Funding For Solar In The USA

Less than a month after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) committed $1 billion in new loans guarantees to fund the growth of clean energy systems in the USA, the Obama Administration last week announced the release of more than $102 million to help drive further innovation in solar technology. The funding draws from the […]

Energy [R]evolution 2015 – Renewable Energy For All

100% renewable energy for all is achievable by 2050, says the latest Energy [R]evolution 2015 outlook report – and that’s everything; electricity generation, transport, heating. The whole kit and caboodle. Now in its tenth year, the latest Energy [R]evolution report from Greenpeace states while switching to 100% renewables by 2050 will be expensive –  about […]

Canberra Liberals Vow To Repeal ACT Solar Access Laws

The Canberra Liberals said on the weekend they would repeal current solar access laws in the ACT if they win next year’s election. The laws were introduced a couple of years ago with the intention of maximising energy efficiency of new homes and to provide land buyers confidence access to sunlight would not be compromised […]

Tesla Powerwall Arriving In Australia Soon

——- UPDATE : December 24, 2015 – Tesla Powerwall pre-ordering now available via Energy Matters. —— Australia will be one of the first markets where the revolutionary Tesla Powerwall home battery system will be available. In exciting news for Australian solar power system owners wanting to further distance themselves from mains electricity or abandon the […]

Battery Storage And Solar Feed In Tariffs – State Of Play

Will installing a home battery system affect your solar feed in tariff? The question is one regularly put to the Clean Energy Council. In response, the nice folks at the CEC have put together a brief guide regarding the current situation re the solar battery feed-in tariff interaction. Please see our other articles about the […]

More Efficient ‘ Solar Fuel’ Process Unveiled

U.S. researchers have developed a new, highly efficient solar energy system for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, a breakthrough they say could lead to a major increase in the supply of hydrogen fuel. In work published in the online journal Nature Materials, scientists from the Missouri University of Science and Technology describe their unique […]