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.

Portable solar panels for Turkish nomads

Portable solar panels for Turkish nomads

| by Connor Roberts

By using portable solar panels carried by donkeys, a Turkish company, Ser-Gun, has provided residents of remote villages in this country with electricity enabling them to contact the outside world. A solar panel-carrying donkey can...

The Future Of Commercial Solar Power and the RET

The Future Of Commercial Solar Power and the RET

| by Connor Roberts

Amidst the Cabinet’s division over what should be done with Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET), the Clean Energy Council (CEC) recently claimed that the number of commercial solar power installations has reached 15,000 and “tens...

Applications for Printable Solar Panels

Applications for Printable Solar Panels

| by Connor Roberts

A team of physicists, engineers, and chemists from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation a.k.a. CSIRO is nearing its development of printable solar panels for use in low-power applications such as personal devices. The...

Warburton Report No Longer Threatening RET

Warburton Report No Longer Threatening RET

| by Connor Roberts

This week marked an important event for the renewable energy industry in Australia. The Warburton Report, which outlined two propositions to significantly downscale funding to the renewable energy sector, was rejected this week by the...

Massive Solar Grid to Cool Beer Warehouse

Massive Solar Grid to Cool Beer Warehouse

| by Connor Roberts

Instead of using the grid as its main source of power, executives at Florida’s largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products are thinking of cooling their entire beer storehouse with 5,000 solar panels.   It is obvious...