Portable Sunlight To Assist Solar Cell Development
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the development of a laser-based solar simulator to be used in testing the performance of solar cells.
Canberra Goes Solar In A Big Way
Spanish company FRV has been awarded a project to develop a 20MW solar panel based electricity generation facility in the Australian Capital Territory.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 73 – September 5, 2012
Virginia reports on the Victorian Government’s slashing of the state’s solar feed in tariff, Energy Matters a major sponsor of Sustainable House Day and Australia’s energy consumption increases 3 percent
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.
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.
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.
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.
