AGL’s $1 Million A Day Profit
South Australians struggling with major electricity bill increases have questioned the profits a major power and gas company is making and the salaries it is paying its executives.
Wind Power Investment To Reach $820 Billion By 2017
Investment in the wind sector is tipped to reach a staggering cumulative $820 billion globally by 2017, according to a recent report from cleantech research firm, Pike Research.
AuSES Solar 2011 Conference
Representatives of the Australian solar industry, policy makers and scientists will gather in Sydney next week for the 49th Annual AuSES Solar 2011 Conference.
Google Ends Concentrated Solar Power Research Program
Search engine giant Google this week announced a shutdown of its multi-million dollar Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal (RE
GE Metcap To Double Output Of Hybrid Power Plant
A deal struck earlier this year between GE and Turkish energy company Metcap Energy Investments to expand renewable energy development in the Middle East is now bearing fruit, with Turkish officials signing an agreement to double the output of the world’s first Integrated Renewables Combined-Cycle (IRCC) power plant.
Funding Aims To Reduce Solar Installation Costs
The U.S. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy says it will release $7 million in funds under the SunShot Incubator program directed at developing tools and approaches to reduce non-hardware costs related to going solar.
32MW Long Island Solar Farm Completed
The completion and commissioning of the Long Island Solar Farm (LISF) Project in New York State, the largest solar panel array in the eastern U.S., was celebrated last week.
Origin Energy Buying Electricity From Gunning Wind Farm
Origin Energy has expanded its renewable energy portfolio, entering into a long-term power purchase agreement to buy electricity from Acciona’s Gunning Wind Farm.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 49 – November 23, 2011
In this episode, Virginia covers Australia’s top solar postcodes, Energy Matters announced a winner of this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, big solar gets a big break in Canberra and the World Bank financing a massive solar farm in Morocco.
Solar Powered Wave Gliders Headed For Australia
A few days ago, Liquid Robotics launched four of its solar assisted unmanned Wave Gliders on a journey across the Pacific Ocean – with two of the units headed for Australia.