by Craig | Dec 10, 2012 | Solar Energy Information
We need a strategy that is created by a body that works for the energy security of our grandchildren, not the lifetime of one or two parliaments. Another energy crisis seems to have been averted over the past week. Gas-fired power stations are now riding to the rescue...
by Craig | Dec 6, 2012 | Solar Energy Information
SOUTH Australians are leading the nation in renewable energy uptake, a Climate Commission forum in Adelaide was told tonight. Chief commissioner Professor Tim Flannery said wind energy made up about 26 per cent of the state’s electricity production, while one in...
by Craig | Dec 6, 2012 | Solar Energy Information
AUSTRALIA’S energy security picture is becoming more risky with an increasing dependence on oil imports, an electricity industry largely fuelled by coal and rising energy consumption, US energy expert Karen Harbert said yesterday. This is in contrast with the...
by Craig | Nov 29, 2012 | Solar Energy Information
The discovery of a revolutionarily different way to generate electricity from sunlight has been made by researchers at MIT. The new technology, which is essentially a solar energy funnel, is able to use a much broader spectrum of sunlight’s energy than conventional...
by Craig | Nov 28, 2012 | Solar Energy Information
The Federal Government is phasing out its subsidies for solar panels six months early. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says the solar credits scheme will stop at the beginning of next year. Mr Combet says there is strong demand for solar power and that scrapping...
