Make Your Own Solar Panels Using Green Waste
Imagine using the solar energy captured by your lawn clippings to charge a mobile phone. That’s the aim of research currently being carried out at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Intel The USA’s Largest Consumer Of Wind And Solar Electricity
Computer chip maker Intel has again topped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) list for use of green electricity
Solar Assisted Car Carrier Shipping Electric Nissan Leaf
As the Nissan LEAF is shipped via the ocean to various ports, it’s fitting that some of those electric vehicles will reach their destination via a solar power assisted ship.
Energy Matters To Present At Greening For Growth Forum 2012
The City of Port Phillip and Small Business Victoria have announced details of Greening for Growth Forum 2012.
Asia Pacific Solar PV Installations Grew 165% In 2011
The Asia Pacific region installed 2.8GW of PV in the final quarter of last year and looks set to grow an additional 40% in 2012. Unfortunately, Australia’s outlook for solar panel installs isn’t so positive.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 56 – February 1, 2012
Virginia reports on South Australian solar households to be paid more for the surplus electricity they generate, a solar powered flood monitoring system that helped kept Queenslanders safe during recent flooding, a proposed 200MW solar updraft tower for Western Australia and REC solar panels trump an extensive field test.
Nuclear Fears Help Fuel Record Renewable Energy Investment
A new generation of renewable energy deals is elevating the global clean energy market to record high levels of investment.
200MW Solar Updraft Tower Proposed For Western Australia
A Perth based company plans to construct a massive solar updraft tower in the Mid-West region of Western Australia.
Kyocera Unveils Home Solar Power System With Li-Ion Battery Storage
Incorporating lithium-ion batteries into energy storage for home solar power systems as a package solution is finally about to become a reality – in Japan anyway.
US Solar Industry At Risk – CASE
A new economic analysis commissioned by the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) shows a 100 percent tariff on solar panel imports into the US would irreparably slow growth of the nation’s rooftop solar power sector.
