Renewable Energy, Not Tar Sands Says Greenpeace

A recent report from Greenpeace says Canada can create thousands of green jobs while generating over 90 percent of the nation’s electricity and heating needs from renewable energy sources by 2050 rather than exploiting its tar sands resources.

UK Renewable Energy Feed In Tariff Report

A report from the UK’s Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) shows over 9,000 renewable energy systems installed in the country are now participating in the UK’s feed in tariff scheme.

WA SEA Calls For National Feed In Tariff

The WA Sustainable Energy Association has called on the new Gillard Government to work with the Council Of Australian Governments (COAG) to develop a nationally consistent gross feed-in tariff (FiT) for renewable energy.

USW Calls For Green Jobs To Stay In U.S.

One of America’s most powerful unions is accusing China of unfairly cornering the world renewable energy manufacturing market by using protectionist and anti-competitive trade practices; and is calling the Obama Administration to protect green energy jobs in the US.

Energy Matters Video News – September 9, 2010

Energy Matters’ first edition of video news and a first for the solar power industry in Australia! Presented by Energy Matters team member Virginia, each week we’ll be covering some of the stories from Australia and around the world recently added to our renewable energy news section.

Energy Matters Announces Video, Mobile And Podcast News

In what is believed to be a first in the Australian solar power industry, national solar solutions provider Energy Matters has announced the launch of video and mobile news services, with podcast features also on the way.

Jellyfish Protein Key To Cheaper Solar Power

As the world switches on to solar power more than ever before, a Swedish research team has come up with a novel solution to comparatively high cost of producing silicon-based solar photovoltaic cells.