by stretchomatic | May 11, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
With rapidly falling costs and rising resources, solar PV and wind power are on track to completely replace fossil fuels worldwide within two decades, although the time frame would depend mostly on politics. Solar PV and wind energy offer the only realistic chance of...
by stretchomatic | May 11, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) reportedly committed $2.1 million in support of the commercialization of a 1-megawatt relocatable solar farm that is being developed by SunSHIFT. But the government funding isn’t a donation – the Australian Financial Review...
by stretchomatic | May 11, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
A Melbourne hotel complex has become the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s first solar investment in the hotel sector. The Southbank Holiday Inn Express is due for completion at the end of 2019 and CEFC is investing $39 million to install a solar power system plus...
by stretchomatic | May 11, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
A new survey shows that most of the Australian tenants are willing to pay a premium for rental properties with solar energy in an effort to reduce power bills. According to the Origin Energy study, two-thirds of renters would pay at least $5 more per week for a...
by stretchomatic | May 10, 2018 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar PV
Solar industry shares in the US are now skyrocketing after making it compulsory for new homes in California to have solar panels. According to Bloomberg, the move confirms that solar rooftop PV is no longer a niche market. It has become a mainstream energy source with...
by stretchomatic | May 10, 2018 | Solar Energy, Solar PV
The path that electric vehicle penetration is currently on looks strikingly like the remarkable path solar has been charting – and perhaps not without reason. The latest snapshot of the global PV market – the Photovoltaic Power Systems Program (PVPS) – from the...
