Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race’s Solar Waypoint
Competitors in the upcoming Sydney to Hobart yacht race will be sailing past an important part of Australia’s nautical – and solar – history. When the competitors reach Tasmania, they’ll come within sight of the Iron Pot Lighthouse in Storm Bay, south of Hobart. The lighthouse is just 11.2 nautical miles to the race finish […]
Macfarlane : RET Impasse Could Boost Electricity Prices
Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has warned of increased power prices unless a deal can be struck on the future of Australia’s Renewable Energy Target. According to The Australian, the Minister has declared the RET “broken” and appears to have laid the blame on Labor and the Clean Energy Council. However, it could be quite successfully […]
Byron Bay’s Brookfarm Bakehouse Goes Solar
Award winning food manufacturer Brookfarm has unveiled the largest rooftop solar panel installation in New South Wales’ Northern Rivers region. 288 solar panels on Brookfarm’s bakehouse will provide the company an estimated 40% annual energy saving, with a payback time of just four years. The system has produced around 500 kilowatt hours a day on […]
Labor Seeks Compromise On Renewable Energy Target
The stalemate over Australia’s Renewable Energy Target seems to have gone on forever – and for those who have already lost their jobs or are about to; it’s definitely been far too long. Labor is again seeking a compromise with the Government on the RET with view to gaining some sort of stability for the […]
IFC Funds Latin America’s Largest Wind Farm
The International Finance Corporation has announced it will contribute $300 million to fund the final stages of Panama’s Penonome wind power plant, Central America’s largest wind farm, a year after the project was launched in Rio de Janeiro by former US president Bill Clinton. At 215 MW, the Penonome plant will consist of 86 turbines […]
Europe’s Largest Battery Storage Facility Opened
Early this week, S&C Electric Company officially opened its 6MW/10MWh Smarter Network Storage (SNS) project. S&C Electric Europe, Samsung SDI and Younicos collaborated on the project, which has been installed at a United Kingdom Power Networks substation. “Energy storage can play a major role in balancing the grid as it solves the problem of renewable […]
Solar Frontier Panels To Power NY Building
Solar Frontier will supply its CIS thin-film solar modules to the Zero Energy Nanotechnology (ZEN) building at the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute’s (SUNY Poly) Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE). One of the largest net zero energy buildings in the world, the ZEN project will see a 2.4MW solar power station […]
Australian Prime Minister Getting Solar For Christmas
While perhaps he may really want a lump of coal, we just can’t wait to see the excited look on Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s face when he unwraps this Christmas present. Australian Christian group Common Grace recently launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to raise funds to put solar panels on Kirribilli House; the official […]
Sungrow Inverters Powering TA Acacia Solar Farm
Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd.’s USA subsidiary has announced completion of inverter commissioning for a major solar project in Los Angeles County, California. Situated on the outskirts of Lancaster, the 28.4MW TA Acacia Solar Farm consists of 94,340 solar panels. These modules transmit the energy they harvest from the sun to 25 Sungrow SG800MX central […]
Vestas To Supply 365 Turbines For Kenyan Wind Farm
Danish wind energy giant Vestas has been contracted to provide 365 V52-850 kW turbines for Africa’s largest wind farm, the Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Kenya. The company announced it had received the order to supply, install and commission turbines for the 310MW plant, which upon completion will contribute an equivalent 15 per cent […]
