Solar power systems have caught the fancy of many Australian families and businesses, with more than 1.2 million solar PV systems installed across the country as of July 2014. Brandon Wronski, a sales executive at...
Despite a global movement to shift away from it as the main source of fuel, the Australian government through Prime Minister Tony Abbott insists that coal is the future for Australia and that the country...
Victoria premier Denis Napthine has unveiled a $33.4 billion jobs plan in a bid to create 200,000 new jobs in the next five years, although advocates of the renewable energy want the sector to be...
Solar battery storage costs are projected to become more affordable over the next few years. This is what many renewable experts believe is the gist of studies made by three of the most reputable investment...
Thanks but no thanks. This was the reply of Maurice Newman, top business advisor of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, to an invitation from the Climate Council to a climate science briefing in an attempt by the...
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...
Australian home-owners will be met with a nasty surprise when their power bills are inflated by electricity network expansions worth just under $2 billion that were discontinued.
Would it be wonderful if you could use a tent that can provide you heat while you’re sleeping during the cold winter nights? There is now such a tent that you can use – it’s...
It seems that the two major parties, Coalition and Labor, are still no closer to a compromise regarding the future of the Renewable Energy Target. Coalition backbenchers are still pushing for the stripping away of...
Partners in Health, a Boston, Massachusetts non-profit organization helped to build University Hospital (Hospital Universitaire de Mirebalais) in Port-au-Prince in Haiti. This hospital was built in a way that it can be fully dependent on...
Lusela Murandika of Kanyala village, Tanzania, has been using a diesel generator to run his TV set and watch the evening news. He spends about $10 a month on fuel to run the generator. Tanzania has...
The Tigers Richmond Football Club announces the installation of a 99.7 kW solar system in its home base at Punt Road Oval. Enphase Energy together with Yingli Green Energy Australia has installed the solar photovoltaic...
A NSW company, Martin's Fertilizer, is looking at considerable savings when its manufacturing facility switches fully to large scale solar power. Martin’s Fertilizer have installed grid-connected solar inverters at their plant in NSW. By switching to solar, the fertilizer...
If things do not change dramatically, by 2050, solar power will replace coal as the leading source of electric power in the world, so says the IEA (International Energy Agency). The cost of establishing solar power...
Burlington, Vermont’s largest city proudly announces that it now gets 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy sources. A publicly owned utility, the Burlington Electric Department, earns the distinction of achieving this remarkable...
Debbie Dooley has effectively combined Tea Party conservatism and solar power activism. This green party star is heading to Wisconsin to fight for solar power. Dooley is the founder of the Green Tea Coalition, a conservative-focused...