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SolarDay Update
By admin on July 10, 2013

SolarDay lives! John Reed the founder of SolarDay Worldwide is tenaciously continuing to work towards cementing the program as a truly national and international event in 2014. He has tirelessly worked to gain the sponsorship and corporate investment needed to make this worthy event a very long-term, inter-generational initiative. We applaud John Reed’s community building and private enterprise approach, taking many years to make his idea a valuable contribution to the evolving economy runn…

Concentrating Solar Power
By admin on December 14, 2012

Concentrating Solar Power Technology A new book by Keith Lovegrove  (Head of Solar Thermal with the UK-based renewable energy consulting company, IT Power Group). The author, Keith Lovegrove, believes the concentrating solar power (CSP) industry can look forward to strong growth for many years to come. This book addresses a diverse range of audiences. -  engineers /scientists. -  those with a non technical background. -  those of us who already work in the field.   Cli…

World Renewable Energy Congress
By admin on December 10, 2012

Bookings for the World Renewable Energy Congress conference are open now. The event takes place at Murdoch University, Western Australia On the 14-18th July 2013 Special early bird registration prices are available until 31 of December 2012 through the conference organiser Dr Kuruvilla Mathew: K.Mathew@murdoch.edu.au For more information please visit the event website: www.promaco.com.au/events/WREC_2013    …

Smart Power Grid
By admin on November 9, 2012

Smart Power Grid awareness will cause us to use our energy at the least expensive times of the day, thereby reducing energy costs and reducing the load on our power plants during the peak periods. At the same time we will reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere, positively affecting  our contribution to Greenhouse gases. Image retrieved from:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/power-grid.html PV Panels Efficiency Retired academic and author Peter Little describes in a letter below how we can use …