Gold FM Roadies At Energy Matters This Thursday
VicSuper has nominated Energy Matters as VicSuper Business of the Week on Melbourne’s popular radio station, Classic Hits – Gold 104.3.
Solar To Power Hawai’i Air Force Base Community
An Air Force base in Hawai’i will become one of the largest solar powered communities in the USA, with solar energy systems to be installed on 600 homes at a Pearl Harbor military estate.
Solar Power Gets Red Carpet Treatment In Israel
The recent opening of Israel’s first ground-mount solar energy plant was more like a gala awards ceremony than a standard ribbon-cutting event. The energy-starved nation says this highlights just how vital solar power infrastructure will become in the future of the Israeli energy mix.
Harris Tea Going Solar
We’ve written before about coffee companies going solar – now it’s tea’s turn.
Solar Sisters Bring Light To Africa
Solar Sister is a social enterprise training and supporting women in Africa in the creation of solar micro-businesses that help address rampant energy poverty through the sale of simple solar powered lights.
Solar Goes Ivy League
The University of Utah has taken the term ‘ivy league’ to another level with the purchase of specialty solar installation that attaches to the walls of buildings and resembles the vine that covers so many elite institutes of learning.
Suntech Launches New Solar Panels, Extends Product Warranty
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced the launch of two new high performance solar panel models and also an extension of product warranty on all the company’s standard solar modules.
Clean Energy Jobs Pay More
A report from the USA’s Brookings Institute has found that the nation’s booming clean energy sector offers more opportunity and better pay for many American workers than other jobs in the national economy – and also now employs more than the fossil fuel industry.
ASU Students Take To Solar Powered Flight
Electrical engineering students at Arizona State University are looking at ways of making solar-powered aircraft a more viable flight technology.
ACT Solar Feed In Tariff Scheme Closes (Again)
Further proving the point that the best time to buy solar is often “right now” given the popularity of solar rebates and incentives often results in programs being changed or axed, the ACT Government has announced its generous solar feed in tariff scheme has closed – again – to new connections. It looks like this time it’s for good.
