Queensland researchers hope to demonstrate the true power of the ‘Sunshine State’ when a solar research facility opens at Gatton next year. When launched in February, the University of Queensland’s 10-hectare, $14 million solar photovoltaic research facility will be the biggest in the southern hemisphere. UQ Solar director Paul Meredith said the 3.275 megawatt facility […]
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The federal government is moving towards abolishing the Renewable Energy Target rather than scaling it back in a move that will cost almost $11 billion in proposed investment and which is at odds with the views of its own Environment Minister. The Australian Financial Review understands Prime Minister Tony Abbott has asked businessman Dick Warburton, whom he […]
Australian households and business added another 70MW of rooftop solar in July, with more than 16,000 households adding rooftop solar systems in the month. According to Green Energy Markets, the 16,601 rooftop solar systems took the total installs so far this year to more than 108,000, or a total of 450MW across the country. Queensland […]
Newspapers, telecommunications and the entertainment industry have all felt the chill winds of change brought on by new technology. Now science is revolutionising power generation. Technology is making alternative sources of energy cheaper, more user-friendly and, crucially, it’s decentralising production to the rooftops of homes and commercial buildings across Australia. So why is the Federal […]
THE Abbott government will pursue repeal of the carbon tax after Clive Palmer’s party today helped defeat the legislation in the Senate. Palmer United Party senators today voted with Labor and the Greens to block the tax’s repeal, following a row over PUP amendments to the legislation. However the Coalition said it would reintroduce the […]
More than half of electricity generation capacity in Europe will be from renewable energy sources by 2030, and the Asia-Pacific region will spend around $2.5 trillion over the next 16 years on green power technologies like wind, solar and hydro-electric. These are some of the findings from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s 2030 Market Outlook, released last […]
As early as 2018, solar could be economically viable to power big cities. By 2040 over half of all electricity may be generated in the same place it’s used. Centralised, coal-fired power is over via Solar has won. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn’t compete | Giles Parkinson | Comment is […]
Australia’s peak solar power body fears Queensland’s electricity companies are trying to put people off installing new solar systems. The Australian Solar Council has criticised moves by Ergon and Energex to encourage new customers to install smaller solar systems that do not feed electricity back into the power grid. Ergon and Energex said the changes, […]
The University of Queensland has signed a contract with First Solar (Australia) Pty Ltd for the construction of a solar photovoltaic research facility at Gatton. The 3.275 megawatt pilot plant – including more than 34,000 panels in a ground-mounted array – will be Queensland’s largest solar power installation. First Solar will install its advanced, thin-film cadmium telluride […]
Australia’s electricity generators are largely obsolete and likely future curbs on carbon emissions mean they will probably be replaced by solar and wind energy plants, a former senior executive at one of the nation’s biggest fossil fuel-based power companies said. Andrew Stock, who ran the bulk of Origin Energy’s generators for more than a decade […]
