Australia’s Low-Carbon Competitiveness Shame
Australia is only G20 nation since 1995 to have gone backwards in global low-carbon competitiveness rankings.
SMA Solar Inverters To Help Power An Entire Country
The tiny island nation of Tokelau will be taking a major step towards breaking its fossil fuel addiction with the help of solar power and SMA solar inverters.
Solar Credits Rebate Reduction – Don’t Be Caught Off Guard
The recent axing of Australia’s solar hot water rebate caught many off guard – and the situation with the Solar Credits rebate reduction may do too, but for different reasons.
Solar Power The Fastest Growing Industry In The USA
The U.S. solar energy industry is celebrating today after a new report found installations grew by 109% last year to 1,855 megawatts of installed capacity – easily doubling the previous record of 887MW set in 2010.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 61 – March 14, 2012
This week, Virginia reports on an Australian designed solar light making a difference in developing countries, a solar power enabled transportable office made from from a shipping container, an NRG and Bill Clinton initiative bringing solar to Haiti and the Seiko Astron, a solar powered watch with GPS.
Is Global Solar Headed For A Boom Or A Bust?
Predictions for the growth of solar PV have always proved problematic, and mostly wrong, in recent years as analysts and economic forecasters wrestle with the implications of assumed and actual falls in technology costs.
Ion Scalpel Cuts The Cost Of Solar Cells
Twin Creeks Technologies’ Hyperion system can produce silicon wafers less than one-tenth the thickness of conventional wafers and thinner than a human hair.
SPACE – Solar Enabled Upcycled Shipping Container Office
Add solar panels, wireless connectivity and a few creature comforts to old shipping containers and you have a fully operational mobile office independent of mains grid power.
Australian Solar Light Helps 80,000 Pakistan Flood Refugees
A cheap Australian-designed solar light is changing lives in developing nations, including 80,000 refugees in Pakistan still struggling to rebuild after the country suffered devastating floods a year ago.
The Wind Powered Mine Sweeper
Unexploded mines from various conflicts – some the deadly legacy from wars fought and finished decades ago – still maim and kill many people each year. The wind powered Mine Kafon could help reduce the toll.
