Bec Pope is saving $100 a quarter since she installed solar hot water in her home, but this was just the first stage her electricity cost-cutting plan. The young mum also looked into getting solar...
Yesterday, the Queensland Government broke its election promise to retain the 44 cent feed-in tariff for solar PV generation only three months after being elected. Was this entirely foreseeable? Yes, in fact following Campbell Newman’s...
The 100% Renewable community campaign yesterday welcomed Tony Abbott’s ongoing support for the Renewable Energy Target and his willingness to listen to the evidence that renewable energy is keeping power prices rises down. “On Monday,...
One of the chief criticisms that fossil fuel narks have of solar power is its alleged inability to provide base load power. This is defined as the minimum amount of energy needed over a 24 hour period...
GENEROUS incentives for installing solar panels and returning power to the electricity grid are the latest victims of State Government cost-cutting. Despite an election commitment to "maintain the Solar Bonus Scheme", Energy Minister Mark McArdle...
The most recent setback for the Australia’s solar industry is set to cut thousands of jobs across Queensland. It is announced that Premier Campbell Newman is cutting back Queensland's solar feed-in tariff from 44c per kWh...
In less than a week, households and businesses will face the biggest tax shake-up in more than a decade, as the carbon price and major changes to tax rates and family payments take effect. The...
Harvey Norman has thrown its support behind solar panel importer CBD Energy with a large order it says will position the discounter as a market leader. The deal is expected to deliver enough units to...
The coalition says electricity prices will come down if it wins the next federal election and repeals the carbon tax. The tax, which takes effect from July 1, has been linked to an 18 per...
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and in Spain has found a new mathematical approach to simulating the electronic behavior of noncrystalline materials, which may eventually play an important part in new devices including...
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The Labor Government as announced the winner of its Solar Flagships program. After being delayed for months, the approval of nearly $130 million in federal funding is for a 159 Megawatt solar power project split...
Chemical reactions on the surface of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, are important for solar cells that convert the sun's energy to electricity. Now University of Washington scientists have found that...
BOB Brown has resigned as leader of the Australian Greens and will quit the Senate after 16 years in parliament. Senator Brown, 67, told Greens colleagues of the decision at a meeting this morning and...
The Queensland government’s efforts to open the state for business could be delayed for more than 12 months after the minority federal Labor government blasted the state's “shambolic” environmental approvals. The conservative Liberal National Party...
A federal coalition government could encourage large businesses to "bid" to use less energy on peak-demand days as a way of reducing future electricity price rises for households. Climate action spokesman Greg Hunt says a...
Working out how long it will be before a solar panels array repays its own purchase costs through energy savings is a seriously complicated affair. There are many different factors that play into the final...
