Renewable energy
Nanotechnology to reduce cost of solar power
Technology looks set to take its lead from nature in the future. Scientists around the world have spent the last......
Staring at the sun
Solar cell installers have now been pulled into the great roof debate with claims that they too are being dodgily......
Setting a timeline on renewable energy
With experts predicting that our oil reserves have either already peaked or will peak in the next fifty years, the......
While leaders battle over the ETS a major solar power company goes bust
The Emissions Trading Scheme is meant to encourage businesses to invest in so-called “green energy”, but as our political leaders......
It’s a REC – renewable energy targets causing renewable job losses
In July this year Renewable Energy Certificates – RECS replaced the old solar rebate. The scheme makes energy retailers buy......
Time is running out before Copenhagen….
As the weeks until the climate change talks in Copenhagen close in, the push for a stronger stance on renewable......
Is wave power the way forward?
Wave energy is one of those alternative energy technologies that hasn’t had much attention, until now. But at Port Kembla,......
How renewable are our renewable targets?
There were handshakes and pats on the back all round in parliament house yesterday when, after long negotiations, the federal......
Coal mining gas sneaks into renewable energy bill
At the last minute, the government has amended its renewable energy scheme to gain the support of coalition senators. The......
Strange bedfellows unite to get renewable energy back on the agenda
The Coalition and the Greens are calling for the Government to de-couple the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme from the Renewable......