Motivated and dynamic journalist with a strong interest in sustainable solar powered technology. My work in journalism and new media has provided me with a medium to produce content concerning emerging renewable energy.

JAXA Solar Satellites built by 2030

JAXA Solar Satellites built by 2030

| by Connor Roberts

It was in 1941 that science fiction author and Boston University biochemistry professor Issac Asimov wrote “Reason,” a short story of science fiction which featured a kind of space station that collected solar energy and...

Sungevity: Implementing Solar Energy Solutions

Sungevity: Implementing Solar Energy Solutions

| by Connor Roberts

Environmentalist Danny Kennedy, founder of the rapidly growing solar energy company Sungevity, was born in Los Angeles, California of Australian parents. Author of a book (“Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy –...

Solar Leasing to Boost Renewable Energy Sector?

Solar Leasing to Boost Renewable Energy Sector?

| by Connor Roberts

Solar leasing is projected to boost the solar energy sector with the government slowing down on its stance on feed-in-tariff for solar systems. Photovoltaic companies are now introducing solar lease products into the Australian market...

Trina Solar Anti-PID PV Cells

Trina Solar Anti-PID PV Cells

| by Connor Roberts

Trina Solar Limited has announced recently that all of its photovoltaic (PV) cells are now integrated with Trina Solar anti-PID or potential-induced degradation ability resulting to greater efficiency.  In a statement, the company’s module business...

Federal Budget Cuts Renewable Energy Funding

Federal Budget Cuts Renewable Energy Funding

| by Connor Roberts

Joe Hockey's federal budget has been met with outrage by the renewable energy industry with the announcement that the government plans to cut a further 1.3 billion dollars of funding from the Australian Renewable Energy...

Faulty Solar Panel Isolators Spark Fires

Faulty Solar Panel Isolators Spark Fires

| by Connor Roberts

The Queensland government has recalled a faulty solar panel part that has sparked forty fires. Malcolm Richards, chief executive of Master Electricians Australia, has said that Avanco and PV Power-branded DC isolators have caused the...

Worldwide Solar Energy Ratings

Worldwide Solar Energy Ratings

| by Connor Roberts

IEA PVP’s Snapshot of Global PV 1992-2013 ranks Australia as the 10th country worldwide with the most solar power installations, not far behind the United Kingdom, Greece, Romania and India. China tops the list, followed...