Australis Solar News
Clean energy investment back on target
Clean energy investors have been given a boost today as the Federal Government closed the book on another review of the Renewable Energy Target, again concluding that the scheme is highly effective in driving the [...]
Do not spit chips over power bills: solar flares!
IT WAS Intel founder Gordon E. Moore who observed in 1965 that there was a doubling in the power of computer chips every two years. Moore predicted this trend would persist for another 10 years [...]
Australia joins US in $83m solar research plan
The Federal Government has announced an $83 million solar research program in partnership with the United States. The eight-year project will bring together six Australian universities, the CSIRO and the US department of energy. Its [...]
Combet cuts support for solar
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet announced late this morning that the government will be phasing out the solar credits multiplier of 2 STCs per megawatt-hour to just one six months ahead of schedule on January [...]
Power firm Synergy holds out on carbon tax
ENERGY company Synergy is pocketing millions of bonus carbon tax dollars by holding on to the money collected from West Australians for up to a year before handing it over to the Federal Government. The [...]
Huge solar farm opened in WA
Australia's first utility-scale solar farm has opened for business near Geraldton in Western Australia's Mid West region. The 10-megawatt (MW) capacity Greenough River Solar Farm, which is Australia's biggest solar photovoltaic project comprising 150,000 panels, [...]
Risks in tinkering with RET target
Since the release of the Climate Change Authority's issues paper on the renewable energy target, public debate on the target has been primarily split between two camps. One is to change it because of the [...]
Australians lead in fitting solar panels on homes
AUSTRALIANS put more household solar panel systems on their roofs than anyone else in the world last year, new data from the Clean Energy Regulator and the International Energy Agency show. The statistic astonished many [...]
Breaking the Barriers for Low-Cost Energy Storage
A team of researchers has developed a cheap, rechargeable and eco-friendly battery that could be used to store energy at solar power plants for a rainy day.Led by Sri Narayan, professor of chemistry at the [...]
Solar panels linked to lower power usage
SCHEMES encouraging people to install solar panels and save energy have cut household power consumption and will restrict the pace at which electricity bills increase in coming years, a new analysis has found. While solar [...]
Support swells for Perth Wave Energy Project
CARNEGIE Wave Energy hit a major milestone today - finalising all the investment needed for its first revenue-creating project. The Fremantle-based company has secured $31 million in cash through a Government grant and institutional investment [...]
Carbon tax to feature on WA power bills
West Australians will soon be able to see the carbon tax proponent of their power and water bills. While no other state is planning to do the same, from July 1, all WA utilities bills [...]
POWER TRIP: Australian electricity price high, and to rise with carbon tax
AUSTRALIANS pay 130 per cent more for electricity than Canadians, according to new research - a power premium to rise to 250 per cent once the carbon tax and locked-in price increases take effect. Read [...]
Fury as solar subsidy scheme cut short
The Federal Government is under attack from the Greens, the Coalition and the solar industry after pulling the plug on solar hot water energy rebate scheme yesterday. Read more >> Source: ABC News
UN plans solar energy for 33 million people in Africa & Asia
Low-cost solar panels and solar batteries will be provided to poor communities in 14 countries in Africa and Asia in the next four years, the UN Development Programme said. Read more >> Source: The Business [...]