If Australia is going to meet its targets on reducing emissions from its energy sector and keeping energy prices under control, it’s going to need some revolutionary thinking from somewhere, writes Giles Parkinson.
Solar energy projects
Suntech calls an Australian solar boom
Suntech, the world’s largest solar manufacturing company, has produced stunning forecasts for the solar PV industry in Australia, writes Giles Parkinson.
The ‘perfect storm’ in government’s solar scheme
A report to be published today by Andrew Macintosh, for the Australia Institute, provides a damning indictment of the federal Government’s support scheme for residential solar PV, writes Climate Spectator’s Giles Parkinson.
Hillary puts Australian solar producers to the test
Can solar energy really match the price of fossil-fuelled electricity? asks Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.
Middle-class free electricity scheme over
The New South Wales solar gold rush is over with the NSW Government suspending the current gross feed-in tariff scheme after it was sold out five years earlier than originally planned, writes Simon Mansfield.
A solar plant worth its salt
Molten salt is the “secret sauce” in a new solar energy project that could power 100,000 homes.
Taiwan’s 100% solar-powered sports stadium
Taiwan recently finished construction of a new 50,000-seat sports stadium powered entirely by photovoltaic solar panels.
Essay: The great hybrid swindle
Has hybrid driving Climate Change Minister Penny Wong fallen for the hype which threatens to obscure a massive opportunity for Australian science and industry asks Peter Vogel.
State of the planet
Red-hot Australia just the spot for solar energy projects … China’s green spending falls short …. Ecomigration: global warming will increase climate refugees … Global warming’s cold war … Global warming: the rich opt out
