Carbon tax biggest change since GST
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 going solar
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...
Coalition says they’ll cut energy prices
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...
Development in the method of noncrystalline materials for solar power generation
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...
Labor announced winner of $130m Solar Flagship program for NSW
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...
$6.4 billion Queensland Coal Mine delayed by “Green tape”
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...
Coalition Government promises cheaper electricity prices
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...
Australian Payback Time For Solar Panels
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...
Victorian Tariffs to be Cut
Incentives for Victorian households to install rooftop solar panels would be slashed under a shake-up proposed by the state government's productivity adviser. In a draft review released last week, the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission...
Splurge to Save
Melbourne's outer west has the most solar energy in the state, a new report has revealed, with solar panels in Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Hoppers Crossing, Truganina, Mount Cottrell, Eynesbury and surrounding suburbs accounting for...
Costly Miscommunication
Energy Minister Peter Collier has blamed a breakdown in communication with energy provider Synergy for the $46 million solar scheme cost blow out. Mr Collier has come under fire after it was revealed the scheme's estimated...
Solar Feed-in Tariff scheme Blow-Out
The Energy Minister says the government's solar feed-in tariff scheme is expected to blow out by $60 million over the next four years. The program subsidises the power bills of householders who have installed grid-connected...