NECA Calls For Australian Government Intervention On Solar
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) is the latest body to call on Australian state and federal governments to ensure stability for the nation’s small scale solar industry.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 46 – September 14, 2011
In this episode, Virginia covers a call to the Australian Federal Government to intervene on the issue of solar sector support, SolarSailor announces plans to build wind and solar powered unmanned ocean vessels, solar to achieve grid parity in Europe by 2020 and REC enhances its solar panel warranty.
DOE Grant For Solar Siting Tool
The impact of large-scale infrastructure projects on public opinion can become a political and economic nightmare for developers. Although it’s often big, destructive projects which raise the ire of the people, protests against the location of some large renewable energy facilities have also made the news.
SMA Celebrates 30 Years In the Solar Industry
The world’s leading manufacturer of solar inverters, SMA, has celebrated three decades in the solar sector and also inaugurated the construction of the world’s biggest inverter service centre.
Join In The Search For New Organic Solar Cell Material
Here’s another way to get involved in the solar power revolution. Scientists want to recruit you (well, your computer) to help them search for new materials to make more efficient and cheaper organic solar cells.
Japan Could Mothball Nuclear Power Electricity Generation By 2012
Switching to renewable energy would allow Japan to permanently shut down all its nuclear power stations by 2012 while maintaining economic growth and meeting its carbon dioxide emission reduction goals, according to a new report from Greenpeace International.
Natural Gas No Fix For Climate Change
Natural gas is often touted as being more than a stopgap solution for coal’s contribution towards rising average global temperatures; but news of its climate change mitigation benefits may be somewhat exaggerated.
Australian Home Solar Power Sector Calls For Federal Intervention
The solar industry is in shock after receiving news late last week of an Australian home solar power pioneer going into receivership – another casualty in what is becoming an increasingly bloody battle for Australia’s clean energy future.
Direct Wafer Process To Further Cut The Cost Of Solar Power
U.S solar company 1366 Technologies will receive $150 million in government support after its highly successful technique for manufacturing silicon solar wafers, which can reduce production costs of the wafers by 50 percent, was recognised by the Department of Energy (DOE) as a project capable of “dramatically cutting the cost of solar power” in America.
Wind Turbine ‘Lense’ Boosts Output
A wind lense power generation system has been developed at Kyushu University by the Ohya Group of the Research Institute for Applied Mechanics that dramatically increases the output of wind turbines – and makes them quieter.
