Nuclear Powered Electricity Generation Utopia Unattainable
Derek Abbott, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, has arrived at the conclusion that nuclear power cannot be scaled to the degree it can supply the world’s energy needs and more attention needs to turn to renewable sources.
Australia Had More Renewable Energy In 1960
While solar power and wind energy’s presence in Australia has increased greatly over the past few years, it will come as a shock to many that the nation has less renewable energy capacity as a proportion of Australia’s total electricity generation than it did in 1960.
Protesters Place Solar Panels On Combet’s Rooftop
Activists from Rising Tide have scaled the walls of Climate Change Minister Greg Combet’s electorate office to draw attention to issues related to the looming carbon tax and how resulting revenue will be spent.
Solar Powered Yacht’s World Record Attempt
The Turanor looks more like it should fly than float. Covered by 36,000 solar cells, the yacht’s crew is aiming to be the first fully solar-powered vessel to sail around the world.
Genetically Modifying Plants For Solar Cell Applications
Scientists in the US are examining the way plants convert solar energy into liquid fuels, and have found that although photosynthesis in plants produces less energy from sunlight than man-made solar cells, genetic modifications could lead to cheap bio-solar power.
Coal Cares – Solar Power Is Evil
A newly launched web site claims solar power presents many dangers and problems that coal’s million-year buffering is designed to avoid. After all, coal power is solar power it says.
Solar Power Associations Criticise UK Renewable Energy Report
The latest Renewable Energy Review from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change has drawn criticism from the country’s solar energy industry.
DOE Funding Ensures U.S. Solar Success
The 2011 Federal Budget has been described as ‘disappointing’ for the solar energy sector in Australia. It’s easy to see why when you compare funding commitments for renewable energy projects between here and in the USA.
5MW Rooftop Solar Power System For Major Toy Retailer
Toys’R’Us, Inc, the world’s largest retailer of toys, is installing a mammoth 5.38 megawatt rooftop solar farm that the company says will be the largest in North America.
Solar Trust of America Expands into Solar PV
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) specialist, Solar Trust of America, has announced a joint venture with German solar PV juggernaut SolarHybrid AG
