US Solar Market Records 140 Percent Growth In Q3
The U.S. solar energy market continues to go from strength to strength, achieving a record 140 percent growth rate in the third quarter of 2011.
Gold Coast’s Carrara (Metricon) Stadium’s Solar Halo
Said to be Australia’s largest Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) project, installation of the solar panels for Queensland’s Carrara Stadium (now known as Metricon Stadium) has now been completed.
NREL Constructing Electricity Grid Simulator
The USA’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) says the American electricity grid is in dire need of a tune-up as new generation technologies such as wind and solar power come on line in greater numbers and smart meters are rolled out across the country.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 52 – December 14, 2011
Virginia covers the release of the Australian Government’s Draft Energy White Paper, the cost of solar power often overestimated, major electricity price increases loom for Australian households and how a solar panel system can knock four years off a mortgage.
New Dye Boosts Solar Cell Efficiency
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed a new dye that will allow dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) to more efficiently harvest ambient and direct sunlight.
Harvesting Jet Stream Wind Energy Not Viable – And Dangerous
New findings from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry into the nature of the jet stream that flows around the Earth’s upper atmosphere may put an end to hopes of harvesting its high-speed winds as an endless supply of renewable energy.
Electricity Prices To Rise 37% – Solar Power Only A Bit Player
A report from the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) estimates residential electricity prices are projected to jump by 37 per cent in nominalterms on average by 2014. Home solar power is yet again being made a scapegoat by some media outlets, but its contribution to the overall jump in electricity costs will be minor.
Buffet Company Buys Topaz Solar Farm
News that investment guru and world’s top-five ranked richest man Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway have scooped up Topaz Solar Farm – reportedly for a song – has pushed the tale of Topaz back into the headlines.
Cost Of Solar Power Overestimated, Performance Understated
One of the few remaining arguments about PV based solar power is its cost. It may have been a valid point just a few years ago, but many of today’s studies reiterating that claim may be well out of touch.
Suntech Awarded Gigaton Prize
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) has been awarded the 2011 Gigaton Prize for its part in reducing carbon emissions around the world.
