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Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.
MIT team led by an Australian researcher discovers way to extract more energy out of solar cells – with potential to take efficiencies as high as 35%.
CleanTech Bites Renewables Research Groups, Institutes and Universities Wind
Tilting of windmills could lead to performance gains, study finds
Stanford University researchers find simple technique of "wake steering" – or slightly tilting wind turbines – can boost performance and reduce variability of output.
News & Commentary Renewables Smart Energy
Solar thermal, energy storage, biofuels, wave energy head $17m ARENA R&D funding
ARENA has announced a group of nine new cutting edge research and development projects to be supported by its latest funding round, including industrial solar thermal systems and sodium-based...
Climate News & Commentary Renewables Resource Efficiency
Energising Innovation: How many countries does it take to change a light bulb?
Negative resource trends, climate change and rising energy demand mean we urgently need to find a new approach to electricity supply. How can we speed up the process?
Wind power now supplies about 3% of the world’s electricity, and the signs are good for the next several years.
Google is developing secret power grid plan based around energy software and hardware, and led by clean-tech guru Arun Majumdar.
