What’s behind the Qatari enthusiasm for solar power?
Every now and then here at Solar Quotes HQ we like to tear ourselves away from the short sighted solar power policies of our elected representatives and gaze at overseas solar energy trends. Are other...
View ArticleBig Polluters In Doha Refuse To Help Drowning Nations
As climate talks negotiators ride off into the Qatari desert mostly empty handed and the world’s media trots out the usual “lost opportunity” stories for his year’s United Nations Climate Change...
View ArticleBushfires, bloody hot weather and a brave new world
As I sit here writing this week’s rant, we are (it seems) in the middle of one of the worst heatwaves ever to strike the continent. Characterised by indecently high temperatures, bushfires and...
View ArticleNewly crowned as net producer, PV looks to full payback of dirty energy debt
Always rewarding to bring readers good solar news and this week’s offering is just that. The achievement/milestone/breakthrough (call it what you will) is that the amount of the energy produced by...
View ArticleFrom ‘Frack Off’ to ‘Hello Sun’?
photo credit: flickr - kateausburn Unless you’ve been living a hermit’s existence with no access to news outlets, the Internet or NSW premier Barry “Bumper” O’Farrell’s rants you’ll have heard the...
View ArticleBushfires in Australia: who’s going to talk about the elephant in the room?
A worrying time for your correspondent this week readers as bushfires, which have claimed well over a hundred properties continue to rage in my region of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. While my...
View ArticleParis climate talks: out of weasel words comes light at the end of the tunnel
What do you think about the hoopla surrounding the signing of the Paris Climate Talks agreement readers? Happy? Deflated? A sense of the same old, same old? Or a new beginning for the planet? I should...
View ArticleGlobal CO2 Emissions Stall, Economy Grows, Thanks To Renewables
Interesting news from two separate studies from different agencies this week folks. The first — from the International Energy Agency (IEA) — found that carbon emissions have stalled worldwide for the...
View ArticleCoal Power Eliminated From South Australia With Help From Rooftop Solar
History has been made with the closure of the Northern Power Station which has eliminated the use of coal in South Australia. And I say good riddance to you, Northern Power Station. I’m sorry you are...
View ArticleDoes Battery Storage Help Or Hurt The Environment?
Millions of Australians have installed rooftop solar to help the environment and save money. Many are hoping home battery storage will soon let them do the same. The cost of home energy storage is...
View ArticleWill Solar Power Save The Planet?
I suppose some would call me a “Greenie”. Heck, I call myself that sometimes. Like any good Aussie, I love the outdoors, the sunshine and the surf. I’m deeply grateful for the beauty and majesty of...
View ArticleBig Solar in Box Seat After Carbon Tax Announcement
This week’s big ticket news item for the solar industry and its consumers was the fillip given to the sector by the federal government’s long-awaited carbon tax announcement. While there is some debate...
View ArticleTiny Tokelau Takes on the World With Solar PV Plunge
By Rich Bowden One of the least reported, though possibly one of the most important, announcements to come out of the recent climate change gabfest in Durban earlier this month was the one from tiny...
View ArticleDiscover How Australia Could Be Powered By 100% Renewables
If you live in Adelaide and would like to hear about a 100% renewable powered future then come along and say hi next Wednesday (2 May) At UniSA. The post Discover How Australia Could Be Powered By 100%...
View ArticleSolar panel energy payback: What’s the truth?
One of the myths that gets bandied about a lot is the idea that it takes more energy to create a solar panel - than will ever be generated by that solar panel over its lifetime. Read this post to...
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