Clean Energy Stocks Boom In First Quarter
Preliminary investment figures from global research firm Cleantech Group show clean energy stocks continue to boom in China, Europe, North America and India, totalling $2.57 billion across just 159 companies.
Australia’s Home Solar Power Revolution And The Viral Effect
Households installing solar power systems now are likely playing a bigger role in the Australian renewable energy revolution than they may realise.
Fraunhofer Consortium Developing Giant Solar Battery
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany are working on redox flow batteries – energy storage solutions that could hold the key to further the uptake of wind and solar power, with each battery able to provide electricity for up to 2,000 households.
IEA : Smart Grid Vital To Clean Energy Future
The latest study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) into the use of smart grids has found that current global trends in the supply and use of energy are becoming increasingly untenable and the world needs to rethink the way it can achieve a more sustainable energy future.
ACT Solar Power Feed In Tariff Rate To Stay Unchanged
The ACT solar feed-in tariff scheme payment rates will remain unchanged said the Territory’s Minister for Energy, Simon Corbell, in Canberra last Friday.
Garnaut – Renewable Energy Not The Electricity Price Rise Culprit
A recent update paper from the Australian Government’s climate change advisor, Professor Ross Garnaut, has confirmed that renewable energy is not the major culprit in electricity price rises and acknowledges its increasingly important role in distributed generation.
DoE To Fund Next Top Energy Company
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the Department of Energy (DOE) will open the books on thousands of patents filed away inside 17 state-run laboratories in an effort to find “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator.”
Coal Ash – The Other Radioactive Waste
Nuclear power reactors aren’t the only source of radioactive waste. The ash left behind from burning coal is radioactive also.
Award For Solar In The Public Interest
A U.S. scientist who has dedicated his working life to improving the efficiency of solar cells will be honoured by the American Chemical Society for “chemistry in the public interest” at Harvard University next month.
IKEA Powers Ahead With Solar Energy Goals
In 2009, IKEA decided to install solar power systems on approximately 150 of its stores and distribution centers around the world. Its latest sustainability report shows good headway in meeting this goal.
