Pressure Builds For Renewable Energy Target Resolution
‘Enough already’, is the message from the Tasmanian Government and Australian Workers Union concerning Australia’s Renewable Energy Target. It’s a sentiment that would be shared by many solar supporters and the industry itself. February 17 marked a year of wrangling over the Renewable Energy Target, a situation that resulted in investment in large-scale renewable energy […]
Study : Solar Variability And Grid Stability
In the town of Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory, the advantages of distributed solar over massive solar farms have been demonstrated in a study that will have implications nationally and overseas. Alice Springs’ network sees a peak demand of approximately 55MW during the summer periods and during winter the demand only reaches 27MW. These […]
Solar Impulse’s Round The World Flight Begins
Solar Impulse’s historic flight is under way – with a little help from leading solar inverter manufacturer ABB. Solar Impulse left Abu Dhabi yesterday for what will be the first round-the-world flight in a plane powered only by solar energy; piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg The aircraft is constructed of carbon fiber and […]
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 […]
