Western Australian wind and solar farm to be built
14 July, 2017
An $8 million wind and solar farm has been announced in Western Australia by Advanced Energy Resources (AER) in conjunction with GMA Garnet.
Hanwha Q CELLS reaches 1.0 billion ‘Q.ANTUM’ solar cell production milestone
14 July, 2017
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMAL) member Hanwha Q CELLS said it had reached a new production milestone of 1.0 billion high-efficiency ‘Q.ANTUM’ solar cells, equivalent to around 5GW.
What people just don’t get about electric vehicles
14 July, 2017
German parliamentary elections are coming up this fall, and the German Green Party has adopted a plan for 100 per cent electric vehicles by 2030 for new car sales. But one leader of the party remains skeptical. His criticism showed that we have to get our heads around how fundamentally different electric cars will be.
One-quarter of Australian homes now have solar
07 July, 2017
New data has confirmed the effects of a second rooftop solar boom taking place around Australia – driven by falling technology costs and increasingly volatile electricity prices – with nearly one quarter of all Australian households found to have invested in solar panels.