Renewable energy is becoming increasingly popular with Australians as research into climate change becomes more widespread. In fact, Government are now encouraging the public to contribute to the nation's renewable energy investment through GreenPower. Through GreenPower, any public...
As the Australian solar energy industry continues to grow and research in the field expands with it, the cost of the renewable energy technology decreases. Martin Green, director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics...
Ballina in Australia, while also being the first to introduce a solar-powered public electric vehicle (EV) charging station, recently launched a 45kW solar carpark despite an increasingly anti-renewable political environment. Installed at Knockrow tourist attraction, Macadamia Castle,...
While Australia is a co-founder of the Cartagena Dialogue for Progressive Action on green renewable energy, the country has maintained considerable distance from the other co-founders. This action has again put the Government headed by...
In numbers there is strength are the words that come to mind when considering the recent action taken by three Australian city councils who have apparently banded together. The councils of Melbourne, Maribyrnong and Yarra have taken...
When Reachtell conducted an energy poll on Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) in November2014, the result was an overwhelming 89% that expressed their desire to have an increased target or keep the existing policy intact....
Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) solar racing team has turned to crowdfunding in order to raise the money for their eVe solar car’s road registration. 60 students aim to raise a third of the...
GetUp Australia shows AGL, Origin and EnergyAustralia are only some of the companies that have continued to invest heavily in gas and coal and very little, if at all, in renewable energy. GetUp Australia, one of...
Good news to all Australians who use solar! According to the Australian Photovoltaic Institute the country has generated over 4GW of energy from small-scale solar installations. This came only a few days after the APVI revealed the remarkable feat...
The “political barnacle” that Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) has become should be removed, according to former Liberal leader Dr. John Hewson. The original target saw the country aim to generate 20% of energy, equivalent to...
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Solar cars have been around for sometime; progressively improving as technology evolves. Recently, a group of students from Eindhoven University in the Netherlands got their heads together and built a 4 person solar car which they entered in...
For the past few weeks the Labor party has pulled out of all negotiations regarding the Australia Renewable Energy Target for 2020. However, clean energy companies are now urging the party to resume RET talks in hopes...
During March, 2015 the Solar Impulse 2 will commence the first ever flight around the world using only the power of the sun. Since the Solar Impulse 2 was presented to the public in April 2014,...
The Bank of England and an announcement from Germany’s largest power company could cost oil investors trillions of dollars. As governments adapt more stringent climate policies, there is a strong possibility that oil investors could...
Jeff Seeney, the Queensland Deputy Premier, has just announced a legal order for the Moreton Bay Regional Council to effectively remove any and all references to climate change-based sea level rise from the regional plan....
Climate change is all over the news, but just how reliable are the facts and figures the media toss around? Now with a new Climate Feedback app, it’s possible for scientists to hold journalists accountable...
