The Australian Government's inaugural Energy Resource Assessment has outlined the increasing future role of renewable energy such as solar and wind in satisfying Australia's energy needs.
By Rich Bowden: Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has said the opening of a geothermal energy project in South Australia offered a “great opportunity” to develop renewable energy in Australia. Speaking on Friday at the opening of the Panax geothermal project near Penola on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, Ferguson said the site...
By Rich Bowden: The Australian CSIRO has moved closer to helping the country reduce its reliance on fossil fuels when it opened a new facility at its Energy Centre in Newcastle, NSW today. The new Renewable Energy Integration Facility founded by the Government science agency will “…develop new grid management technologies that will allow...
By Rich Bowden: Australian researchers have come up with an ingenious method of increasing the efficiency of conventional solar cells. A team led by University of Sydney scientists Dr Tim Schmidt and Professor Max Crossley have achieved a one third increase in the upconversion efficiency of solar cells by harvesting the part of the...
