Uterne Solar Farm Expansion Completed
The Uterne solar plant in Alice Springs has had a capacity boost from 1MW to 4.1MW and is now Australia’s largest completed solar farm using tracking technology. The upgraded plant is supplying the Alice Springs electricity network, operated by the Northern Territory’s Power and Water Corporation. Its output is enough to meet the power needs […]
ACT Labor Shoots For 100% Renewables By 2025
Not content with 90% by 2020, ACT Labor has announced the next ambitious renewables target for the Territory – 100% by 2025. The Canberra Times reports Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced the new target at its annual conference on Saturday. “We can do this. We have shown it’s possible – now we have one small […]
Victoria’s Renewable Energy Roadmap Launched
Victoria’s Renewable Energy Roadmap identifies barriers to uptake of solar and other technologies, plus investigates options for taking action independently where Federal policy is failing. Launched on Friday, the Roadmap outlines a set of initiatives to accelerate the development of renewable energy projects in the state, including leveraging the Government’s electricity purchasing power to support […]
Comanche Solar Farm Construction Commences
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE) announced late last week it had closed financing and commenced construction of the 156 megawatt Comanche Solar project in Pueblo, Colorado. The project was acquired by the world’s largest renewable energy developer in July last year. One of SunEdison’s biggest projects to date, the facility will be the largest solar farm […]
Solar Flat-Pack Classrooms For Kenya
The first of 47 prefabricated, solar power classrooms manufactured by Aleutia and destined for each of Kenya’s counties has been installed. This first classroom is in Kiambu county. It measures 3 metres by 6 metres classroom and consists of 10 fanless Aleutia computers and a teacher’s PC/server with 512GB SSD loaded with offline Wikipedia and […]
California’s New Solar Electricity Generation Record
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good as they say – drought-stricken California has set a new record for solar electricity generation in the area covered by the California Independent System Operator (ISO). California is in the grips of one of the most severe droughts on record and the state was recently informed […]
SunEdison Completes 6MW Solar Power Facility
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), has completed construction of the 6 megawatt AC Bella Vista solar facility that will generate electricity for Florida’s Lakeland Electric. The solar power plant is forecast to generate approximately 14 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity each year, enough to power more than 1,300 homes. The facility will avoid the emission of more […]
Meridian Energy Balks At Australian Renewables Investments
The Australian Prime Minister’s hatred of wind farms and attacks on the renewable energy target have led to New Zealand’s biggest power company refusing to start new projects here – for now. Meridian Energy’s chief executive Mark Binns says the Abbott government’s commitment to the nation’s Renewable Energy Target is “less than convincing”. “We’ve been […]
The Solar Powered Sure House
A team from Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, United States is celebrating the completed construction of the solar powered Sure House; which has been built for robustness as well as maximum energy efficiency. Sure House ( SUstainable and REsilient) is fully solar powered and uses 90% less energy than the average home. Additionally, […]
Trina Solar Reports A Successful Second Quarter
Trina Solar has reported an impressive second quarter, with panel shipments of 1,231.6 MW; 30.6% up year-over-year. The company says the total consisted of 1,000.7 MW of external shipments and 230.9 MW for Trina’s own downstream solar power projects. With regard to its own PV projects, Trina says 121.3 MW was connected to the grid […]
