Ballina in Australia, while also being the first to introduce a solar-powered public electric vehicle (EV) charging station, recently launched a 45kW solar carpark despite an increasingly anti-renewable political environment.

What Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has created looks perfect in a world like the James Cameron blockbuster, “Avatar”: trees that glow in the dark from jellyfish luminescence.

Mackay‘s solar power landscape continues to improve as more and more local solar companies, such as Green Energy Technologies, come up with solutions to offer better and more affordable products for various sectors nationwide.

As the election looms, the Australian Greens have delivered a policy which provides $100 million in funding to help farmers switch to renewable energy. The proposed policy also pledges a further $2 billion to help fast-track renewable energy development through a ‘clean energy map’.

Muri Beach Resort, situated on the islet of Ta’akoka in the Cook Islands, is the first resort to be powered purely by the sun. The resort’s move into green energy comes after the Cook Island government announced its long term move into renewable energy.

The Woolworths supermarket chain last week held a press conference to announce its plans to install solar power systems on all of its stores. The top of the range solar panel systems will be installed by an Australian solar company and will supply power to all of Woolworths refrigeration, air-conditioning, lighting and general power usage.

Synthetic molecules that mimic chlorophyll in plants may one day form the basis of highly efficient solar cells, say Australian researchers. Professor Max Crossley’s molecular electronics group at the University of Sydney recently presented its research at the International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines in Rome.

Sunshine Coast Solar Sunshine Coast property developer Ron Grabbe’s decision to step outside his comfort zone paid off greatly in the form of a massive reduction in his office electricity bill, but this is not his only reward.