As renewable energy decreases in cost, more and more Australians are going green. However the same can’t be seen within the rental industry. As it stands, roughly 1 out of every 100 landlords have installed solar panels at their rental properties compared to every 1 in 5 owner-occupied homes.
The landmark Paris agreement and the new mandate of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will turbo charge the transition to renewable energy and solar and make clean energy an integral part of the Australian economy.
Solar Citizens National Director Claire O’Rourke said a shift towards a zero-carbon energy system would fuel demand for solar over the coming decade.
Researchers at Sweden’s Linköping University’s Laboratory of Organic Electronics have developed an energy storage device consisting of nanocellulose and a conductive polymer.
A sheet of Power Paper 15 centimetres in diameter and just a few tenths of a millimetre thick can store a similar amount of energy as commercially available supercapacitors. It only takes a few seconds to recharge the material, which can be recharged hundreds of times.
Australia’s Environment Minister, Greg Hunt, has apparently informed the Clean Energy Finance Corporation it can invest in new wind power projects with the Federal Government’s blessing.