Australia A Top 10 Environmental Offender
A new study led by the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute has ranked most of the world’s countries for their environmental impact – and Australia has made the top 10 of the worst offenders.
Shanghai Expo’s Purple Solar Powered Pavilion
Renewable energy is featuring heavily at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China; with some very interesting implementations – such as Japan’s purple solar powered pavilion.
CSIRO Opens Zero Emissions House Powered By Solar Energy
In what it says is Australia’s first zero emissions house, CSIRO officially opened its solar powered AusZEH demonstration home last week in Victoria.
Energy Matters At Tasmania’s Agfest 2010
The team from Energy Matters Tasmanian branch will be again attending this years Agfest to demonstrate and provide free information regarding wind and solar power and offering some very special Agfest solar deals.
Google Announces USD$38.8 million Wind Power Investment
Google has announced its first direct investment in a large scale renewable energy project; two wind farms situated in the North Dakota plains.
ACT Solar Power Feed In Tariff Program Revised
Following advice from the ACT Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission, Minister for Energy, Simon Corbell, announced early this month revisions to the ACT’s solar feed in tariff.
Wind Powered Bacardi Rum
Barcadi rum is the favourite tipple of many Australians and now the spirit will be a little bit greener courtesy of wind power.
Gravel Batteries For Wind And Solar Power Storage
UK-based Isentropic says it has designed a system that uses the company’s Isentropic heat pump to create electricity from energy stored in gravel in a thermal form – a thermal battery.
SHCP Rebate Solar Power Installation Backlog Update
In March, the PV Directorate warned of a looming bottleneck relating to SHCP rebate solar power installations. According to Energy Matters, recent installation rates reports from the Department Of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency paint an even grimmer picture.
ETS Fallout – Electricity Prices And Generation Projects
While Australia’s Emissions Trading Scheme has been shelved until 2013, electricity prices are still set to rise – and investment in new power generation projects could also be impacted as a result of the ETS delay.