G20 Clean Energy Investment’s $263 Billion Surge
New research from The Pew Charitable Trust has shown investment in clean energy continued to surge in 2011 in G20 nations, rising to $263 billion, representing a 6.5 percent increase on the year before.
Destroying Mercury And Venus For Limitless Solar Power
The ‘disassembly’ of Mercury and Venus for materials to create a Dyson Swarm to be stationed around the sun are is we need to do to access limitless solar power. Intrigued? Disturbed? So were we.
Energy Matters at Tasmania’s AgFest Field Days 2012
For the fourth year running, Energy Matters will be exhibiting solar energy solutions at the Agfest Field Days in Tasmania.
eBay Adds More Solar Power
As part of its green initiatives, eBay has installed a 665 kilowatt (kW) solar panel array on the rooftop of its Topaz data center in Utah.
DoD To Roll Out 3 Gigawatts Of Renewables By 2025
The US Department of Defense has set a goal of deploying 3 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity at the nation’s Army, Navy and Air Force installations.
New York City To Triple Solar Power Capacity
New York City will triple its production of solar power by installing rooftop photovoltaic systems on 10 public buildings in an effort to cut carbon emissions and meet energy efficiency targets under the city’s PlaNYC 2030 plan.
AGL, Origin, TRUenergy In ACCC’s Sights Re: Green Power
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is reportedly looking into claims by the Greens that AGL, Origin and TRUenergy are using their position to stymie the roll-out of competing wind and solar power projects.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 64 – April 11, 2012
Virginia reports on Australia’s top solar postcodes, a solar powered reactor for creating hydrogen currently undergoing testing, AGL dumps on small-scale solar energy (again) and the development of solar cells thinner than spider silk.
US Renewable Energy Grant Program Generated 75,000 Jobs
The US Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a report on the impact of the Treasury Department’s 1603 grant program.
The Power Of 10,000 Suns – Solar Hydrogen Reactor
Hydrogen as a clean fuel is particularly alluring, but to split hydrogen from water is incredibly energy intensive. Using fossil fuels as the source of energy would defeat much of the purpose of hydrogen fuel, so researchers have turned to renewable sources.
