Solar Workers: ‘Hey Mr. Abbott, Don’t Mess With Our Jobs’
A new campaign launched by the Clean Energy Council puts faces to some of the 13,000 names working in Australia’s solar industry. More than just an impressive statistic, these 13,000 people are like any other – many with families and all have expenses to meet. The important work these people do has helped many Australians […]
Solar Power Could Generate 27% Of The World’s Electricity By 2050
A combination of solar panels and concentrated solar power could be the largest source of electricity globally by 2050, accounting for 27% of world electricity production. Combined, these solar technologies have the potential to avoid 6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year by the middle of the century says the International Energy Agency […]
Renewable Energy Target Campaigns Ramping Up
A major campaign concerning Australia’s Renewable Energy Target is about to begin in marginal seats in Queensland in the lead-up to the state election; among other actions that should also make the Federal Government really sit up, take notice and act accordingly. The Australian Solar Council, the Queensland Council of Unions and Queensland Conservation are […]
Solar Schoolbags Lighting Up African Children’s Lives
Thato Kgatlhanye of South Africa has been named a recipient of the 2014 Anzisha Prize, Africa’s premier youth entrepreneurship award, for her solar schoolbags concept. Thato’s business, Repurpose Schoolbags, up-cycles plastic bags and integrates solar technology that charges during the day and provides light at night. Discarded plastic shopping bags are turned into a retro-reflective […]
Rally For Renewables A Success
Thousands of solar supporters gathered at the offices of MP’s and Senators in more than 30 electorates around the country on Friday, calling for the restoration of bipartisan support for Australia’s Renewable Energy Target. A joint initiative of Solar Citizens, the Clean Energy Council, the Solar Energy Industries Association and the Australian Solar Council; the […]
Solar Power + Chip Packets = Clean Water
Students at the University of Adelaide have developed a water treatment system using cheap or free and easily obtainable materials. The system was designed specifically for use in remote communities in Papua New Guinea, where water sources are prone to pathogen contamination. The disinfection unit is entirely hand-made from plywood, glass tube and high-density polyethylene […]
Renewable Energy Master Plan For California’s Deserts
California’s booming renewable energy sector and its impact on the state’s delicate desert region has resulted in the U.S. Department of the Interior developing a draft plan covering over 22 million acres of land for the siting of solar and wind energy projects. According to U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, the draft Desert Renewable Energy […]
The Pathway To A Decarbonised Australian Economy
A report released on Wednesday shows how Australia can decarbonise its economy while maintaining economic prosperity. The Pathways to Deep Decarbonisation in 2050 was prepared by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University; working with modelling from the CSIRO and Victoria University’s Centre for Policy Studies and the same tools utilised in other analyses such […]
$8 Billion Wind Power/Cavern Battery Project Proposed
A US $8-billion green energy initiative would see wind power generated electricity in Wyoming consumed in Los Angeles and also involve ‘cavern battery’ energy storage. The project involves the construction of one of the nation’s largest wind farms in Wyoming, one of the world’s biggest energy storage facilities in Utah, and an 850 kilometre electric […]
Solar Energy Could Help Clean Up Tar Sands Projects
Researchers from the University of Alberta have developed a solar energy-driven technique for removing dangerous contaminants from oil sands tailings, the toxic liquid remains of shale oil production. They say the process, which uses sunlight instead of UV lamps to break down dangerous chemicals in oil sands process affected water (OSPW) retained in tailings ponds, […]
