WHEN people talk about “going solar”, we usually think of solar hot water and solar (PV) electricity systems. Solar cooking involves concentrating sunlight to create heat and essentially comprises two main methods: using parabolic solar cookers, where a dish with a reflective surface focuses the sun’s heat to a central point (making them well-suited for […]
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A WORLD POWERED BY solar energy is inevitable according to two distinguished scientists being honoured this Australia Day. Dr Graham Morrison, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New South Wales and Dr David Mills, formerly a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, have been awarded Member of the Order of […]
Victoria and South Australia have just gone through a week of very high temperatures and very high maximum electricity demand. There has been some debate as to what contribution, if any, solar PV has made. Our analysis shows that solar PV has made a significant contribution, being responsible for reducing peak demand by 4.6 per […]
Six Queensland cities rank highest in Australia for investment return on solar panels | The Australian. FOR many Queenslanders, the best investment opportunity they have may be the roof over their heads. Research by a major solar installer shows six of Queensland’s cities rank the highest in Australia for their rate of investment return from […]
As Australian solar fans considered what the new year will bring in respect of solar energy, news arrived from over the seas of a spectacular bet on solar from one of the world’s richest men. I’m talking of Warren Buffett, the man considered one of the wisest investors in the land (he’s not known as […]
Ford made headlines last week when it unveiled plans to make mass-produced solar-powered cars a reality with the C-Max Solar Energi. The reality is fully solar vehicles have been around for decades. Alabama University Professor Ed Passerini built the “Bluebird,” a prototype solar call with no back-up batteries, in 1977. Since the 80s, teams of university […]
SingTel Optus says its satellites are safe from being sizzled by one of the biggest solar flares to erupt from the sun in the past 10 years on Friday. The giant sun spot AR1944 is a powerful burst of radiation that NASA says is seven times the width of earth. While humans are protected by […]
The Luci Inflatable Solar Lantern Gets A Colourful Follow-Up | Gizmodo Australia. What was originally conceived as a cheap rechargeable LED light for parts of the world where the power grid wasn’t reliable, turned out to be a huge hit with consumers all over the world after it was unveiled at CES last year. So this year […]
THE sun has fully “flipped upside down”, with its north and south poles reversed to reach the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24, Nasa has said. Now, the magnetic fields have once again started moving in opposite directions to begin the completion of the 22 year long process which will culminate in the poles switching once […]
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