Solar Should Take a Leaf Out of Steve’s Book
The birth of the computer mouse is a famous but cautionary tale from Silicon Valley. In it, Xerox develops an early version of the now-omnipresent PC pointer, but Steve Jobs and Apple actually make it...
Savings for Western Australia Solar Industry
Horizon Power of Western Australia will introduce area-specific solar feed-in tariffs, a first for the country. While owners of solar systems in some towns will receive a fairly high rate, others will receive considerably less....
Marble Bar and Nullagine Power Stations Build Solar Farm North of Perth
Marble Bar's Pippunyah Power Station located north or Perth and the nearby Nullagine Power Station combine state-of-the-art technology to deliver clean solar energy to two of the country's hottest towns. The power stations incorporate a...
Sunshine Coast Backs 100% Renewable Campaign
The Caloundra Greens are calling for Sunshine Coast residents to get behind a project that aims to switch Australia to 100% renewable energy sources over the next 10 years. Secretary Allan McKay has ruled out...
Townsville’s solar power potential best in world
Townsville has been identified by a Central Queensland University review as one of the best spots in the world to develop solar energy production. There is "outstanding" potential for renewable energy potential in north and...
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Solar Air-plane to Fly for 48 Hours from Switzerland to Morocco
We have been covering the famous, world-record-holding solar-powered airplane known as the Solar Impulse for years — from its birth, to its first flight (video at bottom of post), to its first 24-hour flight, to its first international flight,...
Green living trend branches from Townsville & Cairns
The Green Living Trend is growing with more local home owners seeing the value in solar installations, says NQ Solar Townsville branch manager Simon McKay. Despite the government reducing renewable power rebates, he said, rising...
Dr Karl talks Global Warming
Here's a preview of "Doctor Ash" interviewing Dr Karl Kruszelnicki for our up coming episode on Global Warming. Dr Karl explains how renewable energy could power all of Australia within 10 years at...
Australian-Made Tindo Solar Panels to Take on Chinese Giants?
In the same year that Australia saw its only home-grown solar PV manufacturer shutter its factory in Sydney due to increased competition from Chinese solar system component imports, another company popped up to claim the mantle of...
Westinghouse Solar Launches World’s First Fully Integrated Plug-and-Play Solar Panels
Westinghouse Solar will be exhibiting its latest plug-and-play AC module as well as their DC system for commercial systems at Intersolar Europe 2011, at booth number A3-220. The latest plug-and-play AC module is claimed to...
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Townsville’s sparked-up the electric car
The Strand could be seeing a new electric car recharge station after the Townsville City Council threw its support behind a trial of the eco-friendly transport technology. The trial, to be conducted by Ergon Energy,...
Mono-Crystalline Solar Wafers As Thin As Hair
Twin Creeks Technologies has introduced a new silicon wafer called Mono-Crystalline Solar wafer, a production system that reduces the cost and the thickness of solar modules and semiconductor devices.
Spending on Solar to Save with Ergon
Like others from his generation, Colin Fall of Bundaberg was raised in a culture where pointless consumption was avoided. His parents once lived on 60 pounds for an entire year, and his grandfather taught him...
Ergon says Too Much Solar Power Electricity
Solar panels sitting on the roofs of houses in the Bundaberg region and quietly feeding electricity back into the grid might seem like a good idea however some electrical suppliers are concerned. Neil Lowry, executive...
More Floating Solar Panels – Floating Tracking Cooling Concentrator
An Italian company is currently exploring the potential of using expanses of water to host solar power systems. Scienza Industria Tecnologia is developing the Floating Tracking Cooling Concentrator (FTCC) System; created for use on lakes...
Australia’s Tindo Solar is ready to challenge China
New Australian company Tindo Solar has plans to challenge the dominance of Chinese companies with a 60MW solar panel factory that is due to begin commercial production in the next few weeks. “I don’t see...