Tindo Solar has announced it will begin developing panels for Australia’s commercial and government markets. The country’s only solar panel manufacturer will launch two companies, Tindo Commercial and Tindo Asset Management, with plans to offer...
Engineers from the University of New South Wales have created an innovative method to reduce the price of low-grade silicon, ultimately improving electrical efficiency and lower the cost of solar panels. Silicon is usually the...
German residents could soon receive a subsidy for the excess energy they store through a renewable energy battery system. A spokesperson for KfW, a bank involved in financing the scheme, told PV Magazine that terms...
An American scientist has developed a fabric capable of converting heat, wind and body movement into electricity; solar clothing. David Carroll, a nanotechnologist from Wake Forest University in North Carolina has used carbon nano-tubes to make solar...
Chinese solar company LDK Solar Co Ltd has this week defaulted on a $24 million dollar bond. This comes just a month after rival company Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd defaulted on $540 million in...
Two Brisbane solar companies have struck a deal to develop a 250 megawatt solar station in Indonesia. Solar Guys International and Mitabu Australia are working with the Indonesian Ministry of Energy on the $550 million...
A solar power station south of Mildura has begun operation months ahead of schedule. Since construction began in October last year, 10 dishes have been installed and are already providing power to the local grid...
The Federal Government has decided to maintain Australia’s Renewable Energy Target(RET), ensuring a minimum of 20 per cent of the nation’s electricity comes from renewable sources. A recent review of the Renewable Energy Target by...
In South Australia Ullrich Aluminium, a national leader in aluminium distribution, is doing its part to help the environment by going solar. Sitting proudly atop the company’s distribution centre in Pooraka, South Australia, is a...
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Muri Beach Resort, situated on the islet of Ta’akoka in the Cook Islands, is the first resort to be powered purely by the sun. The resort’s move into green energy comes after the Cook Island...
IMPORTANT: Even if your utility has cut the power to your property, your solar power system still has the potential to give you a lethal electric shock if it has been affected by a flood....
A 100 kW solar photovoltaic installation was recently commissioned to sit atop a new four-storey retirement building near the city centre of Brisbane.
Hawaii is leading the way in the production of environmentally friendly alcohol production with the Ocean Vodka Organic Farm and Distillery. Situated on Mount Maleakala on Maui, Ocean Vodka will commence operation this year using...
Soaring temperatures around the country recently are likely to be doing our rooftop solar systems damage. According to CSIRO Newcastle's Next Generation Photovoltaics team leader Greg Wilson, most mono and poly-crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic systems...
As a result of industrial nations slashing green energy subsidies, clean energy investment slumped 11 per cent in 2012. Investment in technologies, ranging from wind turbines and solar panels to biomass projects, fell from $US302...
