Australia’s First Citizen-Owned Solar Thermal Plant
Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia Inc. (CORENA) is looking for 50,000 people to help fund what will be Stage 1 of Australia’s first citizen-owned solar thermal power plant; which will also feature molten salt energy storage. The campaign asks for either $100 or small recurring contributions. Stage 1 involves initial planning, approvals, site acquisition, […]
Yingli Panels Powering Bolivia’s First Solar Farm
Yingli Green Energy Spain has supplied over 5 megawatts (MW) of solar panels for what is Bolivia’s first utility-scale solar farm and the world’s largest energy storage-equipped hybrid PV-diesel project. Project developer Isotron installed more than 17,000 Yingli solar panels at the site in Pando, a northern region on the border with Brazil and Peru. […]
SunEdison To Develop Up To 300MW Of Solar In The Philippines
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), has announced the signing of a joint framework agreement with Aboitiz Renewables, Inc. to scope, develop and operate up to 300 megawatts of utility-scale solar PV projects in the Philippines over the next three years. SunEdison says the experience and knowledge of the Philippines market provided by Aboitiz Power Corp., parent […]
Palmer: ‘No Chance’ For Renewable Energy Target Reduction
Clive Palmer has said there is “no chance” Palmer United Party will strike a deal with the Government on the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and that Prime Minister Abbott should now give up on his attempts to slash it. “They’re going to look stupid anyway because they’re not going to get it changed,” Mr. Palmer […]
Labor Walks Away From Renewable Energy Target Negotiations
It’s been reported the ALP has broken off negotiations with the Federal Government that would have resulted in the dilution of Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET). Had the Abbott Government gotten its way, a gutted RET would have caused the loss of thousands of jobs and also higher electricity prices. Among the few parties to […]
Australian Taxpayers Footing The Bill For Fossil Fuel Exploration
It’s been revealed Australian taxpayers are providing over $4 billion each year for the development of offshore and inland fossil fuel resources. A single year of the subsidies is reportedly enough to install solar panels on half the homes in Queensland. In the case of gas, the industry is being propped up to locate and […]
‘Tinkertoy’ Material Increases Solar Efficiency
A breakthrough technique that lets scientists build dye-sensitised solar cells like old-fashioned ‘Tinkertoys’ could significantly improve the efficiency of the technology, according to USA’s Sandia Laboratory. Researchers successfully combined dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC) with metal-organic framework (MOF) material – a highly conductive nanostructure that resembles atomic scaffolding, with rigid organic molecules linked together with metal […]
Australian Renewable Energy Investment In Steep Decline
Investment in renewable energy during 2014 in Australia has dropped by 70 percent compared with 2013 states a new report from the Climate Council. The Council also says any emission reductions achieved over the past few years in the nation’s electricity sector have effectively been cancelled out since the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism. […]
Two Victories For Wind Power
The local and international wind industry will be celebrating after two significant victories relating to so-called ” Wind Turbine Syndrome”. The first was in Canada where the nation’s public health department released the preliminary findings of a study on wind turbine noise (WTN) and health. Health Canada reports: “The following were not found to be associated […]
SMA Inverters To Power 24MW Honduras Solar Farm
SMA has been selected to supply inverters for the largest solar PV plant in Honduras – the 24 MW Pavana Solar Park in Choluteca. 880 Sunny Tripower 24000TL-US three-phase, transformerless SMA solar inverters will be used in the facility along with 22 SMA Cluster Controllers; which provided advanced system monitoring and control. Large central inverters […]