Two of Australia’s leading solar experts have warned of the dangers in cutting grant funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Australia’s two top solar researchers, Martin Green from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and Andrew Blakers from the Australian National University (ANU), have called on both the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath An ARENA-funded solar research team at the University of New South Wales has recorded the highest efficiency for a PV system ever reported, converting over 40 per cent of sunlight into electricity, with an innovative take on Australian-designed solar tower technology. The team … [continued]
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Joe Romm. A major new study in Nature finds “our climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than most previous estimates.” The result, lead author Steven Sherwood told me, is that on our current emissions path we are headed toward a “most-likely warming of roughly 5°C [9°F] … [continued]
That sound you can’t hear is not the clatter of my keyboard but rather rain coming down on Adelaide as I write this. However, despite the rain falling now, we had fine conditions and plenty of sunshine for the 2013 World Solar Challenge Parade that was held earlier today. I … [continued]
The true raw material footprint of the world’s leading economies has been revealed thanks to new research — and the findings don’t bode well, the amount of raw materials necessary to sustain the economies of the developed world is considerably greater than previously thought, new research has revealed. By utilizing … [continued]
This post first appeared on RenewEconomy Australian solar pioneer Stuart Wenham predicts that the cost of making solar PV modules will fall another 50 per cent at least by 2020 – even after the 80 per cent fall in the last few years, although consumer prices may not fall as … [continued]
Reposted from RenewEconomy: By Sophie Vorrath A carbon price of between $50 and $100 per tonne would make Australia’s coal- and gas-fired electricity less economical than renewable electricity, according to a new study out of the University of New South Wales. A peer-reviewed paper being published by a research group at the UNSW … [continued]
