One week after the University of New England announced plans to build a self-funded solar array that would halve its grid electricity use, the University of Melbourne has called for tenders to install close to 2MW of rooftop solar across its Victorian campuses.
The tender, issued on Monday by the University’s Infrastructure Services, calls for expressions of interest from a panel of up to four solar PV providers to design, install and maintain an estimated total of 1.8MW of solar systems on as many as 18 rooftops across the University’s Parkville, Southbank, Dookie, Burnley and Werribee campuses.
Perhaps the concept of solar panels that can generate electricity at night isn’t such a crazy idea after all.
Researchers from the Australian National University and University of California have demonstrated a new artificial material for thermophotovoltaic cells that could not only utilise sunlight, but also harvest heat in the dark and convert it to electricity.
April 14, 2016: New polling data, conducted by ReachTEL in the Prime Minister’s own seat of Wentworth, is a wake up call to the Prime Minister and the Federal Government in relation to their policies on renewable energy.
ReachTEL conducted a survey of 788 residents across the federal electorate of Wentworth during the evening of 6th April, 2016.
The South Australian Government has released a call for tenders to provide solar panels for 400 housing trust homes across Adelaide.
Housing and Urban Development Minister Stephen Mullighan said the project delivers on an election commitment to create a pilot program to install solar panels on 200 of our public housing stock.