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.

New Solar Panel Claimed To Achieve 95% Efficiency

A chemical engineer in the USA claims he has developed a new flexible solar panel which can capture up to 95 percent of available light energy by harnessing infrared light and areas of the solar spectrum standard photovoltaic (PV) cells ignore.

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.

Energy Matters’ Partnership With REC Solar Goes Platinum

Norway-based solar panel manufacturer REC recently announced a partnership with Australian solar power solutions provider Energy Matters and its sister company Apollo Energy had stepped up to a new level, with the companies being the first in the Asia Pacific to be accepted into the REC Partner Program at a Platinum level .

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.

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.

NSW Solar Bonus Scheme – Anger And Action

Friday 13th lived up to the legend when the NSW Government announced the permanent closure of the Solar Bonus Scheme and other changes to the program; threatening thousands of solar jobs and also the feed in tariff rate of solar households who originally signed up under the scheme.

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.