Blacktown City Council doubles solar generation
20 October, 2020Blacktown City Council has doubled its solar generation capacity in Australia's largest rooftop solar purchase agreement (PPA) project.
Solar push for Qld healthcare to create jobs
19 October, 2020The Climate Council is applauding the Queensland Government's recently announced plan to install solar panels across the state's hospitals.
Adelaide IKEA store to become community microgrid
15 October, 2020An IKEA store in Adelaide will soon become a community microgrid, supplying energy from its rooftop array.
Advanced solar panels derive more energy
12 October, 2020A new study suggests it is possible to derive 1.5 times the efficiency from solar cells.
Next-generation solar cells receive funding boost
08 October, 2020Australian start-up SunDrive has received $3 million in funding from ARENA to advance its solar manufacturing process in Australia.
Faber Infrastructure mobile solar container for off-grid regions
07 October, 2020Faber's compact solar battery container is a mobile power system that combines a 24 kW solar system with 80 kWh lithium-ion battery storage and an emergency power generator.
Sending more surplus solar back to the grid
06 October, 2020Smart inverter technology could enable more Australians to export their surplus solar energy back to the grid.
Halving net-zero emission costs with hydrogen
30 September, 2020Hydrogen could achieve net-zero emissions at half the cost of electrification, a new report has found.
'Sun in a box' that stores renewable energy as heat
25 September, 2020The price of storing renewable energy as heat could be reduced by new heat-harnessing 'solar' cells.
Building blocks for a renewable electric grid
11 September, 2020Coal-fired power stations could be converted to run entirely fossil fuel-free by using a new type of thermal storage material housed in LEGO-like blocks.
Blackouts less likely this summer, report finds
08 September, 2020The development of large-scale renewable energy products and rooftop solar has lowered the risk of power outages this summer, according to a new report.
Capturing and storing solar energy for later use
03 September, 2020A molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden.
Could skyscrapers soon become a power source?
31 August, 2020A new efficiency record for colour-neutral, transparent solar cells has been set by a team of researchers from the University of Michigan.
Producing power at night through radiative cooling
26 August, 2020Researchers have found an energy source that could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailable — including at night-time.
How LED lighting affects the natural environment
21 August, 2020The La Trobe University Net Zero fund will be investigating the impact that LED lighting has on native wildlife.
