March 2012 - Page 3 of 10 - Renew Economy

Mixed Greens: Big wind blowing, offshore and on
World’s first 6MW offshore wind turbine; date set for Africa’s biggest wind farm; good news and bad for wind tower co; GE powers Vic cogen.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 26, 2012

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Solar windows could cut building energy use by half
ECU develops technology that generates electricity by diverting infra-led light passing through windows to PV cells located in the window frame.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 26, 2012

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15 R&D projects that could reshape solar technology
Government and the ASI unveil 15 solar research projects under the latest round of funding.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 23, 2012

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Five things we learned this week ….
Crazy weather in the US, where even the minimums are higher than the maximums; why Palmer is right about CIA and coal; Ted’s brown cow; Obama’s energy flat earthers; and why solar will eat the coal industry’s lunch.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 23, 2012

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Mixed Greens: AGL buys rights to 1000MW wind farm
AGL buys rights to 1000MW Silverton wind farm, vendor Epuron rails against planning fees, and Airbus joins mallee jet-fuel consortium.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 23, 2012

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Shock of the new energy business models
CEO of one of America’s largest utilities says distributed solar the biggest game-changer to the energy industry in decades. And why energy politics sucks.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 23, 2012

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Hot news in cleantech: Solar, cheap at half the price
Three US solar start-ups go for gold in solar technology: the production of vastly cheaper and more efficient solar cells.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 23, 2012

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For peat’s sake, we need an overhaul of forestry aid
Australia’s biggest intervention into Indonesian forestry and peat management has fallen well below targets.
Stephen Howes

Mar 22, 2012

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More fun from the Ministries of Silly Numbers
Canberra might have had better luck with its solar predictions had it read its own press releases. And they got coal wrong too.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 22, 2012

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Solar Oasis sets out to bust some solar myths
The people behind the 40MW ‘big dish’ solar plant in Whyalla are taking an innovative approach to financing which has implications for future projects and energy retailers. And they are thinking of adding some gas and a 5MW PV project for good measure.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 22, 2012

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Solar now bankable and part of broader capital market
Investment in solar has surged to unprecedented levels due to interest from large Wall Street banks, investors like Warren Buffett, and technology firms like Google.
Stephen Lacey

Mar 22, 2012

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Mixed Greens: PV cheaper than TV?
DuPont exec predicts solar panels cheaper than TVs; new CFI expert panel; Obama pillories ‘Flat Earth’ Republicans; ACT efficiency report reveals big power bill savings.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 22, 2012

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