by Debbie Thorpe | May 11, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
With rapidly falling costs and rising resources, solar PV and wind power are on track to completely replace fossil fuels worldwide within two decades, although the time frame would depend mostly on politics. Solar PV and wind energy offer the only realistic chance of...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 11, 2018 | Pumped Solar Hydro, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy
An analysis by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) found that Australia has the capacity to store up to 1,000 times more renewable energy than it could ever need. An engineering professor at ANU Andrew Blakers carried out a study looking into...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 11, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) reportedly committed $2.1 million in support of the commercialization of a 1-megawatt relocatable solar farm that is being developed by SunSHIFT. But the government funding isn’t a donation – the Australian Financial Review...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 11, 2018 | Peer to Peer
Bloomberg New Energy Finance named Perth-based company Power Ledger as a global leader in the development of “blockchain” technology. The Australian start-up was named as one of the leading companies to lead the development of the technology that has the potential to...
by Debbie Thorpe | May 11, 2018 | Energy Storage
Australian advanced materials company, Archer, and University of South New Wales announced its Collaboration Agreement and Research Service Agreement. The partnership is geared towards developing and implementing Archer’s graphite and graphene materials for use in...