Power grids, communications and satellites could be knocked out by a massive solar storm in the next two years, according to scientists. Experts say the sun is reaching a peak in its 10-year activity cycle,...
Tablelands Regional Council in Queensland has voted to start legal proceedings against RATCH Australia over claims that it has failed to abide by noise monitoring conditions at the Windy Hill Wind Farm. The 20 turbine...
Lady Elliot Island eco resort is about to go even greener with the installation of almost 100 new solar panels. The Queensland resort, which sits off the coast of Agnes Water and Bundaberg, expects to cut...
Thanks for the questions Sascha. Once you have had your solar panel installed, the installer needs to lodge what's called a 'Form A' with the energy retailer to notify them of the new solar installation....
Soon, the windows of your house and the screen of your cell phone may be collecting solar power. An article published in the journal Advanced Materials says researchers at the University of California have built...
Julia Gillard yesterday accused State governments of unjustifiably increasing electricity prices over the past four years by abusing their dual positions as owners and regulators of power assets. In an bold bid to turn the...
The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC) review of the state’s solar feed in tariff, currently Australia’s most generous, was submitted to the Victorian Treasurer a short time ago. According to a statement from the...
The earth has warmed by 1.5 degrees Celsius in the past 250 years and "humans are almost entirely the cause", according to a scientific study set up to address climate sceptic concerns about whether human-induced...
The VCEC review of Victoria’s solar feed in tariff, currently Australia’s most generous, was due to be submitted to the Victorian Government last Friday. A draft VCEC recommendation in May suggested only a 6 –...
Researchers specializing in solar power have been awarded almost A$1.3 million ($1.3 million) by the Australian Federal Government to develop technologies to make the energy source more efficient and cost effective. The grants are part...
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The Woolworths supermarket chain last week held a press conference to announce its plans to install solar power systems on all of its stores. The top of the range solar panel systems will be installed...
Confusion continues on how the carbon tax will hit the electricity bills of Australian households. While messages from electricity retailers may be on their way, Gujji Muthuswamy from Monash University’s Faculty of Business and Economics...
A toll highway in Denver has become a clean energy powerhouse. A series of solar panel arrays covering a 25km stretch of the E-470 was commissioned late last month. Generating electricity to power streetlights, signs,...
Australia, as just noted yesterday, is experiencing a pretty tremendous solar boom. Now, here’s some interesting news: it’s the less wealthy who are installing the most solar! That’s counter to the general stereotype that solar is...
SYDNEY, Australia, July 24, 2012 --/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, today announced the grand prize winner of its Suntech Super Draw in Australia, who...
Nanosolar has completed a 1-megawatt, ground-mounted solar panel installation at a military base in California. The company's management are the inventors of a solar technology that prints metallic nanoparticle inks on huge rolls of aluminum...
