Australia’s Low-Carbon Competitiveness Shame
Australia is only G20 nation since 1995 to have gone backwards in global low-carbon competitiveness rankings.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seiko Astron – Solar Powered, GPS Enabled Watch
Travelling through the world’s 39 different time zones soon? Worried about all the time you’ll waste adjusting your watch? Concerned about getting time zones wrong? Seiko’s GPS-enabled solar powered Astron to the rescue.
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.
