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Seven reasons to take the sun seriously

Even though we live in the ‘sunshine state’ and those of us in south-east Queensland have recently witnessed the impacts of leaking oil tankers, there are some that still doubt the ability of the big ball in the sky to supply clean, efficient and cheap energy. Even though those doubts make as much sense as [...]

And the winner is … clean coal

By Guest Writer, Lindsay Holt

Federal Environment and Climate Change Ministers jointly announced that there was less than 8 hours to submit solar rebate applications before they were stopped 3 weeks before schedule. Environment Minister, Peter Garrett is now clearly in the running as the most disappointing and underachieving environment minister in recent years.
The rationale for [...]

Green jobs are the key

How many times do green groups need to shout if from the roof tops? Roof tops that could easily be covered in green, clean energy.
Clean energy and energy efficiency industries will create more than 28,000* new jobs by 2020, according to ground breaking economic modelling released today by the Clean Energy Council (CEC).
CEC Chief Executive, [...]

Australia’s solar potential

A recent ACF article has reported that global engineering company, WorleyParsons believes Australia has the potential to house 34 solar thermal power stations by as soon as 2020.
“WorleyParsons is planning to build the world’s largest solar thermal power plant in Australia by 2011 and is undertaking a study to find potential sites for its first [...]

Up Close with Klaus Langner

In this section we explore the stories behind the people. In ECO 8 we look at Klaus Langner…