The Australian Solar Council has honoured the country’s leading solar innovators with the unveiling of the Australian Solar Hall of Fame. Chief Executive of the Australian Solar Council, John Grimes says the 12 inaugural inductees...
Researchers at MIT last month unveiled plans to harness a broader spectrum of sunlight's energy to produce electricity through a funnel. The technology would utilise a “solar energy funnel” taking advantage of materials under elastic strain and...
Origin Energy, Australia’s largest retail supplier of electricity is throwing its support behind renewable technologies in the form of electric vehicles. Origin is teaming with an US company, Tesla Motors, to launch the Model S...
As a means of battling ever increasing petrol prices many people are trading in their keys for a helmet. Getting around on a bicycle is fast becoming a popular and cost effective method of transport,...
Households will be hit with a $240 annual electricity bill price hike to compensate for the power produced by rooftop solar systems. New modelling by the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) has revealed that by 2016...
Earlier this month, Mackay Sugar turned on its new $120 million co-generation plant supplying electricity to Queensland’s regional power grid. Mackay Sugar is the country’s second-largest sugar mill and plans to be supplying up to...
Queenslanders that own homes and businesses with solar systems will continue to be paid generously for the power they produce while other consumers front the cost. The Newman Government has committed to keeping the 44...
American car manufacturer, Tesla Motors, have won Motor Trend Magazine’s ‘Car of the Year’ Award with an electric sedan. The battery-powered Model S sedan was named the 2013 winner and is the first award for...
Solar power technologies could receive a boost if Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) funding was extended to include the current Renewable Energy Target, a recent report has stated. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the...
Despite the fact that many Queenslanders are struggling to pay rising electricity prices, energy industry big-wigs are reportedly pocketing million-dollar bonuses and six-figure pay rises. Grant King, of the state’s biggest electricity retailer Origin Energy...
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Despite consumers using less electricity, energy prices are soaring, power companies are recording big profits and paying large dividends to the state government. An Auditor-General’s report on New South Wales electricity providers found than many...
Homes and businesses with solar systems will continue to be paid generously for the power they produce while other consumers front the cost. The Newman Government has committed to keeping the 44 cents feed-in tariff...
The Australian Government recently announced plans to abolish the solar multiplier on the 1st of January 2013, six months ahead of schedule. The Australian Solar Council has said the government’s quick removal of the solar...
There is great debate globally as the necessity and validity of carbon pricing schemes with many countries putting the topic on the back burner in favour of localised solutions. In Australia, many state governments began...
It is hoped that Australia’s decision to sign on to the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol will stimulate global climate talks in Doha this month. The Clean Energy Council of Australia Chief Executive David...
The Solar Council of Australia has ranked every electorate in the nation for their uptake of solar panels and found that it is not just ‘middle-class’ Aussies who are using the technology. Statistics ranking penetration...
