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.
Greening Solar Panel Production
A new report outlining the best practices for solar panel manufacturers has concluded that while the production of solar power remains much cleaner than fossil fuel overall, the industry can further improve its standards and should not rest on its laurels.
Australian Solar Power’s ‘Pizza Wars’
Australian solar retailers have been dropping like flies over the last year – and the demise isn’t just due to government policy.
ETSA’s Solar Crackdown Challenged
Some South Australian solar power system owners who installed large systems under the state’s previous feed in tariff incentive level have been targeted by ETSA – but perhaps for not much longer.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 62 – March 29, 2012
This week, Virginia reports on Australia’s largest privately funded rooftop solar panel system, a study finding Australia’s electricity pricing among the highest in the world, the CEC crushes claims made by made by South Australian Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond and US President Barack Obama ridicules the anti-solar lobby.
Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund Opens
While Queensland and Victorian governments seem to have been taking a razor to renewable energy in the last few days, a bright spot that shouldn’t be overlooked appeared on the Federal front recently.
Renewable Energy Employs 11,000 In Scotland
A major new jobs study from Scottish Renewables to be released later today states over 11,000 people are employed in the country’s domestic renewable energy sector.
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Installed
The world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine – 6.15MW – has been installed 28 kilometres off the port of Oostende in Belgium.
MIT’S 3D Solar Module Generates Up To 20X More Electricity
A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a 3D solar module structure that can generate up to twenty times the electricity from a given area compared to normal solar panel layout.
Tanzania’s Biggest Solar Installation Initiative
Solar power has huge potential in the developing African nation of Tanzania. Not only do just 15% of the population have access to electricity, but the nation ranks as one of the top ten countries in the world for solar irradiation levels.
