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Energy company AGL is to break ground on the largest solar plant in the southern hemisphere. At a cost of $300 million and occupying 250 hectares the project is to predicted to boost the local economy. “This is going to create 300 jobs during construction and there is an opportunity for significant flow on benefits […]
Australia’s solar industry could shrink to the tune of 6,750 jobs if PM Tony Abbott follows through on his wish to dissolve the Renewable Energy Target according to a report released today by the REC Agents Association (RAA). If the RET is dumped almost 2,000 solar jobs could disappear overnight with negative growth in the industry […]
Studies from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems show that energy generated from rooftop solar and wind is already competing with the price of energy fossil fuels (i.e. €0.08c/kWh or $A12c/kWh). With little to no delivery cost, even northern Germany where there is substantially less sunlight, solar electricity can be generated for €0.14c/kWh – half the cost of […]
On the back of record iPhone and iPad sales and earnings worth $57.6 billion announced during Apple’s quarterly earnings call last week, rumors are buzzing that the next iteration of the flagship phone could feature a transparent sapphire-coating embedded with solar cells for the purpose of extending the device’s battery life. Nigram Agora in his […]
It’s been a almost three years since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, when an earthquake-triggered tsunami caused a nuclear power plant to leak more radiation than any other since the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe. Since then, more than 50 power plants have sat idle awaiting appropriate maintenance or declared redundant. Anti-nuclear campaigners see a safe, renewable future for […]
A solar farm will proceed at Uriarra Village despite a list ditch effort by residents to preserve their scenic vistas. After presenting no new evidence their second attempt at gaining heritage listing denied by the ACT Heritage Council, a decision that can not be appealed, making the solar farm a mere formality according to the ABC. […]
The Age have published an article outlining the advantage of installing solar, weighing up the pros and cons of the investment, advising a “big picture” viewing of energy efficiency and warning about some of the trappings in the industry. Feed-in tariffs Over the last five years or so, potential solar customers would have noticed some […]
Australian researchers at the University of NSW have developed a photovoltiac (PV) manufacturing method and picked up $560,000 for their efforts. Professor Stuart Wenham, head of the university’s photovoltaic centre of excellence, and his team were awarded the A. F. Harvey Engineering Research Prize from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (dubbed the Oscars of solar research) […]
Clean Energy Council Deputy Chief Executive Kane Thornton offers a rebuttal to the anti-renewable narrative in the wake of last week’s heatwave in Melbourne. The prolonged temperatures seemed to have a lot of naysayers hot under the collar, all keen to have their opinions on renewables like solar and wind heard. “We need power the most during […]
Euro Solar, P&N, Worldwide Energy & Manufacturing have come under scrutiny by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the company being handed the largest fine for a solar retailer in Australian history. Found to have mislead customers with fabricated customer testimonials and misleading customers regarding their solar panel’s country of origin, their bank accounts will be lighter […]
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