89% Of Australians Want Renewables Target Maintained Or Boosted
A new ReachTEL poll has found 89% of Australians believe the nation’s 41,000 GWh Renewable Energy Target should stay the same or be increased. The poll, commissioned by WWF-Australia, found solar continues to enjoy massive popularity with 80% supporting rooftop solar power systems and 70% large-scale solar farms. Wind farms certainly don’t have the opposition […]
Australian Power Generation Emissions (Still) Climbing
In the June 2014 CEDEX report from Pitt&Sherry, the firm stated that month “may mark the low point of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions for the foreseeable future”. It seems they were correct. Pitt&Sherry’s latest CEDEX (carbon emissions index) shows increases in emissions from generators in the National Electricity Market (NEM) up to the end of […]
US Navy To Test Vanadium Flow Battery Technology
The U.S. Navy has announced it will deploy Imergy Power Systems’ vanadium-based flow battery technology for a new Smart Microgrid project designed to optimise the storage and consumption of solar energy at military bases, college campuses and other institutions. The system will be rolled out at the Navy’s Mobile Utilities Support Equipment (MUSE) Facility in […]
Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town Opened
The grand opening of a “smart town” in Fujisawa City, Japan that will support 1,000 solar powered households occurred last week. Covering 19 hectares and located on the outskirts of Tokyo, Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (Fujisawa SST) is being built on the concept of a smart community lifestyle taking into account such aspects as energy, […]
E.ON To Split And Focus On Renewable Energy
E.ON, a major investor-owned energy supplier with 35 million customers, has announced it will split the company up; with the new entity focusing on renewables. “We are convinced that it’s necessary to respond to dramatically altered global energy markets, technical innovation, and more diverse customer expectations with a bold new beginning,” said E.ON SE CEO […]
Yingli Panels To Help Power Europe’s Largest Solar Park
Europe’s largest solar park, to be built on 250 hectares of land near Bordeaux, France, will be powered in part by Yingli solar panels after an agreement was reached between project developer Neoen and the Chinese solar giant. Located in the town of Cestas, the 300 MW photovoltaic solar facility will host up to 25 […]
Uralla Chosen For Zero Net Energy Town Project
The town of Uralla in New South Wales is celebrating after being chosen as the model for the Zero Net Energy Town (ZNET) project. ZNET is an initiative to create Australia’s first town that produces all of its own energy requirements from renewables. An example of a town outside our own shores that does so […]
RET Negotiations – On Again, Off Again?
It’s been reported the Federal Government wishes to restart negotiations with Labor on the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and is willing to budge on its previous stance. But is this latest round already over before it really began? The Clean Energy Council cautiously welcomed the initial news. “We look forward to working with all major […]
Siemens’ Wind Farm Life Cycle Assessments
German wind energy company Siemens has published detailed performance data covering CO2 savings and payback times for both geared and direct drive wind turbines in offshore and onshore projects. The four new Environmental Product Declaration brochures are based on Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of four defined Siemens wind power projects: two offshore wind plants with […]
LG Donates Solar Powered Fridges
LG has donated 20 solar powered refrigerators to be used in impoverished communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Peru. World Vision Kenya will use the solar refrigerators to improve immunization coverage in Kenya’s West Pokot County. West Pokot County has a population of around 500,000 and a poverty rate of 69%. The immunisation rate […]
