Mobile Robot Cuts The Costs Of Solar Power (Video)
California’s QBotix has unveiled a dual axis tracking system that uses mobile robots to check and position solar panels.
Victorian Solar Incentive Cut – Reactions
The new, ‘fairer’ feed-in tariff for roof-top solar panels in Victoria appears to be anything but – and the race is on for households to secure the higher rate before the deadline hits.
Energy Matters Major Sponsor Of Sustainable House Day
Sustainable House Day gives people an opportunity to look through houses that have been designed, built or renovated with sustainability in mind and talk to their owners.
Solar Powered Wave Glider Survives Hurricane Isaac
A Wave Glider located in the Gulf of Mexico is alive and well after staring down Hurricane Isaac.
NEWSFLASH – Victoria Solar Feed In Tariff Slashed
The Victorian Government has announced a major reduction to the state’s solar feed in tariff.
The CWP Compressed Air Enclosed Wind Turbine
An 89-year-old World War II veteran has developed a bird and bat friendly wind turbine that he says can cut also the costs of wind power.
Hanwha Acquires Q-Cells
Hanwha Group, parent company of Hanwha SolarOne, has become the 3rd largest solar cell manufacturer in the world after acquiring German solar company Q-Cells.
Solar Power – Regional Victoria Gets It
Statistics recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show uptake of solar power technology outside of Melbourne to be higher than in the state’s capital city.
Broken Hill’s Desert Equinox Solar Art Exhibition
Australia’s first Solar Art Exhibition, Desert Equinox, kicks off on Saturday in Broken Hill, New South Wales.
2012 Australian Energy Update
A recent report from Australia’s Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) shows Australia’s total energy consumption has increased by 3 per cent from 2009–10 to a total 6100 petajoules.
