Solar-powered tomato greenhouse
13 March, 2015
Sundrop Farms has selected Frazer-Nash Consultancy to provide Owner's Engineer support to the construction of a landmark 20-hectare greenhouse in Port Augusta, where tomatoes will be grown with solar power and desalinated seawater.
Commercial solar in Australia goes from strength to strength
13 March, 2015 by Daman Cole, Managing Director, Yingli Green Energy Australia | Supplied by: Yingli Green Energy Australia Pty LtdThere is absolutely no doubt that solar will be one of the mainstream technologies of the future, both worldwide and in Australia. Together with wind, it is already making up the vast majority of new energy generation installed around the world.
Goodyear concept tyres provide a look into the future
12 March, 2015 | Supplied by: Goodyear Australia Pty LtdThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has unveiled two new concept tyres that provide a glimpse of the changing role of car tyres in the future.
Energy generation in the water network
11 March, 2015Unitywater is working with renewable energy producer NextEra Energy to install two micro hydroelectric generators into the water network. The pressure reduction generators (PRGs) will capture lost energy and convert it into renewable electricity.
Feeding extra solar PV into the Alice Springs grid
11 March, 2015The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has revealed that up to 10 MW of extra solar PV could be installed in the Alice Springs grid without adversely affecting supply stability.
German offshore wind market off to a strong 2015
11 March, 2015Germany Trade & Invest has announced an impressive list of accomplishments in the country's offshore wind market this year, with installations in the North and Baltic Seas making a significant contribution.
Energy-efficient products save NZ almost $100 million
11 March, 2015New Zealand's EECA has calculated that consumer and business uptake of energy-efficient appliances has resulted in energy savings of over $96 million in a one-year period - the equivalent of the annual electricity usage of over 130,000 New Zealand homes.
German offshore wind market off to a strong 2015
11 March, 2015Germany Trade & Invest has announced an impressive list of accomplishments in the country's offshore wind market this year, with installations in the North and Baltic Seas making a significant contribution.
Energy-efficient products save NZ almost $100 million
11 March, 2015New Zealand's EECA has calculated that consumer and business uptake of energy-efficient appliances has resulted in energy savings of over $96 million in a one-year period - the equivalent of the annual electricity usage of over 130,000 New Zealand homes.
Solar-powered medical device manufacturing
10 March, 2015 | Supplied by: Positronic Solar Data and ElectricalCook Medical will power manufacturing processes at its Brisbane headquarters with the help of a 706 m2, 99.90 kW solar panel installation - the largest of its kind in the Asia-Pacific.
Road Lighting 2015 gets underway in Auckland
09 March, 2015Attendees to Road Lighting 2015 were welcomed today by Lawrence Yule, the president of Local Government New Zealand and Mayor of Hastings, who said he was keen for councils to "encourage the transformational change" to LED road lighting.
Hybrid energy to power Flinders Island
05 March, 2015Renewable energy producer Hydro Tasmania will soon start work on developing a 'Hybrid Energy Hub' in order to power the off-grid community of Flinders Island with a variety of renewable energy technologies.
BuildingIQ module approved for generating ESCs
05 March, 2015BuildingIQ has announced that its Measurement & Verification (M&V) module is now an approved way to directly generate Energy Savings Certificates (ESCs) under the NSW Energy Savings Scheme (ESS).
Hybrid energy to power Flinders Island
05 March, 2015Renewable energy producer Hydro Tasmania will soon start work on developing a 'Hybrid Energy Hub' in order to power the off-grid community of Flinders Island with a variety of renewable energy technologies.
iPrimus chills out with super-efficient air conditioner
03 March, 2015In the early hours of 1 March 2015, Innovative Air Solutions and Gillespie Cranes began a 15-hour operation to remove two outdated air-conditioning units from the server room of iPrimus Telecom, located on Bridge Street in Sydney.
