Renewable Energy News

A solar powered, popup emergency shelter system created by a South Australian company has been recognised as a “disruptive business” on this year’s Disrupt 100 list.

“Entire industries are being disrupted by new, often well-funded startups that are able to quickly scale and displace long-established companies,” says Matt Connolly, Managing Director of Disrupt 100.

“The Disrupt 100 champions those businesses who are rethinking today’s products, services, technologies and business models to open new markets and create new demand.”

JA Solar, one of the world’s largest producers of solar cells and panels, last week announced impressive results for the first quarter of this year.

The company states total shipments reached 1,128.3 megawatts, consisting of 1,038.3 MW of solar panels and cells to external customers and 90.0 MW of modules for the company’s own downstream projects. The result exceeded previous guidance from JA Solar, which estimated a range between 1,000 to 1,100 MW.

Q1 saw external shipments up 52.4% year over year and down -22.4% compared to Q4 in 2015 – the latter due to normal seasonal decline.

A report on the Galapagos San Cristóbal Island Wind Project states the initiative has been a success, paving the way to further increasing renewable energy capacity in the region.

On Friday, the Coalition made a low-key announcement of its new Low Emissions Technology Roadmap. To be developed by the CSIRO, it will aim to “highlight areas of growth in Australia’s clean technology sector”. Unveiled jointly by the industry and science minister, Christopher Pyne, the environment minister, Greg Hunt, and the energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, the plan asks the CSIRO to identify the most promising ways to reduce emissions and to come up with plans to accelerate the development and commercialisation of Australian technologies such as solar panel components.

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