City of Moreland Reaches 10MW Of Rooftop Solar Panels
Recent figures from the Clean Energy Regulator show the City Of Moreland in Victoria is a hotbed of solar PV activity. The City of Moreland comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 10 kilometres from the Melbourne’s city centre. Last year, Moreland City Council launched a campaign to increase solar uptake as part of […]
Tesla And Fronius Partner On Home Energy Storage
Leading solar inverter manufacturer Fronius has announced it and Tesla are developing communication compatibility between the Fronius Symo Hybrid inverter and Powerwall, Tesla’s home energy storage battery system. Fronius says Tesla Powerwall will be available as an alternative to the soon to be released Fronius Solar Battery. The Fronius Solar Battery is a lithium-iron phosphate […]
Solar Implant Could Restore Sight To The Blind
Stanford University researchers have developed a retinal implant that harnesses solar power to improve vision for patients suffering from degenerative eye diseases. In a paper published in Nature Medicine, the scientists behind the work say the breakthrough could restore functional sight to those afflicted with diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration – ailments […]
ACT Powers Ahead With Renewable Energy
The ACT’s Minister for the Environment launched a new strategy on Friday designed to enhance collaboration between industry and research sectors with regard to renewable energy. With a focus on solar, wind and energy storage, the Renewable Energy Industry Development Strategy will facilitate the next generation of renewable energy technologies, including the creation of a […]
Liberal MP Pushes For 33,000 GWh Renewable Energy Target
Late last week Liberal MP Dan Tehan broke ranks with his party in an effort to push along an end to Australia’s Renewable Energy Target stand-off. The Member for Wannon in southwest Victoria appeared on the ABC’s 7.30 Report suggesting a resolution to the impasse that is crippling large scale renewable energy investment in Australia […]
Solar Power Lights Up Capricorn Caves
A project to relight the historic Capricorn Caves in Central Queensland was officially unveiled last week – and this time the caves are being lit up courtesy of solar power. The $300,000 project, which began in May 2013, saw old hot tungsten bulb lighting from the 1960’s replaced with LED technology running off solar panels. […]
Tesla Announces ‘Powerwall’ Battery – Home Energy Storage
——- UPDATE : December 24, 2015 – Tesla Powerwall pre-ordering now available via Energy Matters. —— Tesla announced a short time ago details of Tesla Energy, a new range of batteries for homes, businesses and utility scale operations. The residential energy storage solution is called “Powerwall”, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery designed for load shifting, backup […]
CEC Releases Australian Energy Storage Roadmap
The Australian Energy Storage Roadmap will assist in unlocking “game-changing” opportunities energy storage technology holds for electricity customers and the renewable energy industry says the Clean Energy Council. Launched yesterday, the Roadmap showcases some of the work the CEC has been performing behind the scenes and the path forward for the sector. “Energy storage technologies […]
EPIA Calls For Solar Anti-Dumping Tax Removal
The president of Europe’s leading solar industry group has called for the removal of anti-dumping taxes imposed on imports of solar products made in China, saying the countervailing duties have led to job losses and negative growth in the European solar market. European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) president Oliver Schaefer made the comments this week […]
Off Grid Solar For 100,000 Households In Ghana
Affordable, pay-as-you-go solar power will be supplied to 100,000 off-grid homes in Ghana over the next 2 years. Announced at the recent Solar & Off-Grid Renewables West Africa Event; Azuri Technologies has partnered with Oasis African Resources for the program that will focus on cocoa farming regions in the country. An estimated 5 million people […]