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  • Renewables booming – though not in Australia

    January 11, 2011 - no Comments

    Global investment in low-carbon energy surged to a record USD 243bn last year, boosted by a 30 per cent spending increase in China and a burst in small-scale solar-power installations.

  • Renewable projects flag in 2010

    December 21, 2010 - no Comments

    Australia’s construction of renewables projects dropped almost 80 percent this year as projects struggled to arrange financing, according to the Clean Energy Australia 2010 report released this week. Seventeen “large-scale”

  • First solar energy fund launched in Australia

    December 14, 2010 - no Comments

    The independent advisory and funds management firm Moss Capital has launched Australia’s first solar energy fund. The fund is the brainchild of former Macquarie Bank banking and property giant Bill

  • Queensland solar resources amongst the best in world

    December 7, 2010 - no Comments

    A new study says Queensland has all the necessary elements to become an international leader in commercial-scale solar power, including solar resources that are comparable to the best found anywhere

  • Queensland to build huge solar farm

    November 17, 2010 - no Comments

    The Queensland government will spend $5.7m building the state’s second largest solar farm next year, it announced this week. The Cloncurry Solar Farm will produce energy for the Mount Isa-Cloncurry

  • Geothermal needs subisidies too, says Association

    November 17, 2010 - no Comments

    The Australian geothermal industry needs a price on carbon and strong capital funding similar to that received by other clean energy industries if it is to thrive, according to the

  • Mapping project to reveal solar potential

    November 10, 2010 - no Comments

    Geoscience Australia is to undertake a mapping project to understand the potential of Australia to generate solar power. The project will chart the levels of solar radiation across Australia to

  • State solar subsidies ineffective: report

    November 10, 2010 - no Comments

    Government subsidies for residential solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems are ineffective, costly and unfair, according to new research published by The Australia Institute. The research, by Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director

  • Ararat wind farm gets planning nod

    October 26, 2010 - no Comments

    A proposed  250MW Ararat Wind Farm in Victoria has been approved by the state government. Planning Minister Justin Madden has approved two planning permits for the use and development of

  • Territory town to be powered by renewables

    October 19, 2010 - no Comments

    The Aboriginal Investment Group says it wants to build a wind and solar plant, a solar-powered shopping centre and 200 solar-powered homes in the the town of Nhulunbuy in the