Butterflies, Solar Energy and Hydrogen

New solar collection devices for use in creating green fuels may be based on existing designs in nature provided by butterflies.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 63 – April 4, 2012

Virginia reports on price wars in Australia’s solar sector, Energy Matters becoming Australia’s first accredited REC solar professional, greening solar panel production and Victorian coal fired power stations receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon tax ‘compensation’.
Solar Frontier Announces 100MW CIS Solar Panel Supply MOU

Solar Frontier recently announced the signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan Asia Group Limited (JAG) to cooperate on boosting solar power in Japan.
Horizon Power To Offer Location Based Solar Feed In Tariff

Western Australia’s Horizon Power has announced the introduction of area-specific solar feed-in tariffs. While owners of systems in some towns will receive a much higher rate, others will receive less.
The Merit Order Effect And Solar Power : A Primer

Solar energy’s supporters have been whispering about the ‘Merit Order Effect’ (MOE) for some time now and those whispers are only growing in volume. So what is this mysterious Merit Order Effect and what is its relationship to solar power?
Great Lakes Offshore Wind Power Moves Ahead

The Obama Administration says the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with state governors of the Great Lakes region will open America’s north-east to ‘more than 700 gigawatts’ of offshore wind power.
Solar Impulse To Fly From Switzerland To Morocco

Solar Impulse is readying for its next big adventure – a flight of over 2,500 kilometers, powered purely by the sun.
Dark side turns to solar power

The dark side is one of the largest users of solar power in the universe. From TIE fighters to Orbital Solar Energy Transfer Satellites, solar’s power is almost as strong as the Force.
Altaeros Airborne Wind Turbine Testing Complete

Wind power may have taken a big leap skyward with the successful test of a new airborne turbine using blimp technology to reach powerful high-altitude winds.
Solar Powered Lasers Could Blast Pesky Asteroids

Solar power could help save the planet as we know it through reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It might also be called upon to help blast asteroids that threaten us with obliteration.