CEC Media Release: South Australia’s wind farm rules strike the right balance Changes to South Australia’s policy on wind farms announced today strike the right balance between making sure the community’s concerns are heard and supporting...
(Reuters) - The world is close to reaching tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, making this decade critical in efforts to contain global warming, scientists warned on Monday. Scientific estimates differ but the...
Australia gets about 10 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy and were shooting for double that by the end of the decade under our national 20 per cent Renewable Energy Target. So far...
CEC Media Release: Productivity Commission report’s consumer focus applauded A new Productivity Commission draft report is heading in the right direction with its recommendations on making the electricity market more consumer-oriented, the clean energy industry...
The peak body for Australia’s clean energy industry said today’s announcement that part of the coal-fired Yallourn Power Station would be mothballed showed that cleaner sources of power were gradually replacing the country’s highest-polluting power...
The Sound Of Climate Silence: Romney And Obama Spar Over Who Wants To Drill For More Fossil Fuels During Debate “The door is closing. I am very worried – if we don’t change direction now...
AUSTRALIA must consider nuclear power if it is to have a clean energy future, a visiting international expert believes. Even with the carbon tax, Oxford University Prof Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith said the controversial electricity source...
A recent plan proposed by Australia’s biggest industrial power users and the Energy Users Association of Australia would see the current rooftop solar-panel scheme dumped.
A leading solar hot water heater manufacturer is standing behind its product even though Canberra residents have had their systems fail, up to three times, over the winter months. Since 2008 owners have been forced...
Tesla Motors last week revealed a new fleet of solar-powered, public charging stations for their enviro-conscious American customers. The all-electric car manufacturer has set up six charging stations alongside Californian freeways to help drivers of...
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Environmentalist Tim Flannery will launch the climate commission’s latest report on Tuesday highlighting the effects of global warming in Queensland. Queensland’s solar energy output has doubled over the past two years, a positive issue which...
The anti-solar-dumping complaint against China's solar panel manufacturers levelled by the EU ProSun group calls for price tariffs on Chinese solar products of up to 120%, EurActiv has learned. EU ProSun filed a separate anti-subsidy...
Its not uncommon to have your solar panel installed on different facings of your roof. If this is you, then you should be well aware of the MPPT Inverters. (Maximum Power Point Tracker) A standard...
The first criminal prosecution commenced on behalf of the Clean Energy Regulator in relation to the provision of false information to create Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs) under the Government’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) has resulted...
The first community Queensland solar farm, courtesy of the Wide Bay Water Corporation began operations last week in a move to generate power and reduce operating costs for locals. Wide Bay Water Corporation acting CEO Garry...
QUT researcher, Paolo Corrada, is developing a home cooling and heating system which runs independently of the electricity grid through a solar panel system. The system has been based on highly efficient absorption-chiller technology and...
