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Renewable energy news

Some NSW Schools Ineligible For Feed In Tariffs
Energy Matters is calling on the NSW Government to extend feed in tariff eligibility to include all solar power systems installed on New South Wales schools, regardless of size.

Suntech To Ramp Up Solar Panel Production
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced the company would ramp up solar panel production capacity at its Shanghai facility by 1,000 megawatts over the next three years to help meet unprecedented demand for its solar modules.

Solarfun unveils SolarIris BIPV panel
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest manufacturers of solar panels for the commercial and home solar power market, has unveiled its new line of "SolarIris" building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules at the International Solar Europe Conference in Germany.

Good Vibrations From Wind Power
The Vibro-Wind Research Group at Cornell University in the USA is developing what it says will be an efficient, economical method of converting vibrations from wind energy to electricity.

BP Disaster: Will Big Oil Revisit Solar Power?
As the BP oil leak disaster enters into its seventh week and the company sees its stocks plummet, perhaps some Big Oil executives may reconsider their attitude towards renewable energy.

Sub-Standard Solar Power Installations
Energy Matters has weighed in on a news item published last week about sub-standard solar power installations occurring in Australia.

Extreme Solar Power Farms - The Moon?
We've covered space based solar power generation in the past, but here's a concept that takes it a step further (away) - using the moon as a massive solar farm.

EV Turns Up The Heat On Hazelwood
Environment Victoria is seeking to mobilise all 5 million residents of the state to take a stand against Hazelwood Power Station - to see it shut down and replaced with clean and renewable energy source power generation by 2012.

Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility
The Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility (VSASF) has been officially launched in Melbourne. The project will provide a platform for commercialisation of NANOPLAS, a revolutionary nanoplasmonic solar cell technology being developed at Swinburne.