Tag: renewable energy
ABB technology helps propel the world’s first solar plane on historic round-the-world flight
Two Swiss pilots made history yesterday when they took off from the Bateen executive airport in Abu Dhabi on a five-month journey around the...
Australian researchers develop new superconductor turbines
A superconductor is a material that can conduct electricity or transport electrons from one atom to another with no resistance which means that no heat,...
Renewable energy benefits continue to flow to regional South Australia
Premier Jay Weatherill and Sustainability and Environment Minister Ian Hunter officially switched on Stage 2 of the Snowtown Wind Farm – the largest wind...
University of Queensland and First Solar begin work on Australia’s largest solar photovoltaic research...
The University of Queensland (UQ) announced last week that construction of the Gatton PV Pilot Plant – the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) research facility in...
Experts say Australia’s policy on renewable energy stifles investments in the sector
California-based renewable energy company Solar Reserve has abandoned plans to develop electricity plants for the public market in Australia because of the Government’s hostile...
Australia’s $10b clean-energy bank set to announce solar deals
The Australian Government’s A$10 billion clean-energy bank, which operates under the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Act 2012, is set to announce a number...
BlueScope unveils solar thermal rooftop, capable of heat and solar electricity production
A small terrace house in the suburb of Glebe, Sydney has been fitted with BlueScope’s innovative PV thermal rooftop system — the world’s first...
CSIRO achieves breakthrough for renewable energy
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has achieved a breakthrough for renewable energy with the creation of “supercritical” steam from solar energy.
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CEC says axing ARENA is a backwards step for Australia
The peak body for the clean energy industry of Australia, the Clean Energy Council (CEC), has claimed that the axing of the Australian Renewable...
Perth project- pipeline installation underway
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (ASX:CWE), the company working on the Perth Wave Energy Project (PWEP) for providing clean, renewable energy and potable water to...