A new study from the Climate Council indicates that the Victorian bushfire threat is significantly increasing as a result of climate change. The report, written by Professor Lesley Hughes, points out that although the state of...
As his slogans show, prime minister Tony Abbott is prone to shrinking major conflicts worthy of debate into three simple words. His latest is “Goodies versus Baddies” – except that coal represents the goodies and...
Just a few years ago the two major political parties in Australia agreed on the renewable energy target to optimize renewable energy by the year 2020, hoping that 20% of all household electricity would come...
On behalf of the team at Australian Solar Quotes, we wish you a Merry Christmas day and a prosperous 2015. Our team of professionals will be back with more articles, blogs, solar company reviews, product reviews and new...
The chances of the coal mining project at Abbot Point getting off the ground seems to be just wishful thinking because of the decision of major US money lenders to opt out of the project....
There are trees in a public park in Israel that are there not only to provide shade from the sun. These trees are designed to be used for charging cell phones and other mobile gadgets....
A high-tech waste bin called BigBelly is touted to save the government money by using solar energy to process garbage. It is an expensive £1,000 a year device that the government will shoulder. But they...
They really look like something out of a futuristic movie, but these ultra-modern trees have been standing tall in Singapore for a considerable time now and are getting their power from the sun. These solar-powered...
State-owned Hydro Tasmania drops off its $2 billion wind farm project planned for Kings Island claiming that it is no longer economically viable. The state-owned power generating company had originally intended to build a 600...
A village in Germany populated by only 150 residents has completely gone off the grid by using 100 per cent local, renewable energy. In fact, most of the energy they produce is sold to the...
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Michael Fraser, AGL CEO calls for the total abandonment of the Renewable Energy Target. His company, once the ‘greenest’ retailer in Australia, but now the biggest producer of coal-fired energy, has moved to scrap the...
Due to the huge surge in gale-force winds caused by Hurricane Gonzalo, UK wind farms has outstripped the country’s nuclear power stations in producing energy, according to the National Grid. Amidst the devastation caused by...
If plans are not scuttled, African solar panels will supply electricity to millions of homes in the United Kingdom. A project has recently been launched that could see African solar panels exported to the UK....
LDK Solar, the world’s largest maker of solar wafers by capacity, has declared bankruptcy on its US operations due to its more than $1 billion dollar unpaid debt. The tragic news swept the major players...
4 major US companies are giving solar discounts to their employees as part of their new employee benefits. Cisco, 3M, Kimberly-Clark and the National Geographic Society are offering their employees the opportunity to install solar...
There is a new, although odd jewellery that you can connect to your blood veins and enable you to harvest energy from the blood flowing in your body. Strange, but true, this jewel energy extractor...
