Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Western Solar

Private Solar Station Fremantle’s solar energy station Sungrid and Murdoch University are close to providing Perth’s first private solar station. An additional 171 solar Panels were recently connected with the existing solar panels at Murdoch University and a further 44 kW is needed to meet the 100kW target to qualify for a solar power station. [...]

Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Western Solar

PERTH’S sprawling suburbs are under attack. The director of Murdoch University’s Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Peter Newman singled out the new Tuscan-styled homes being built in newer suburbs. “Especially those being built with black roofs and no eaves which are so air-conditioning hungry. They have plunged the city into an electricity crisis,” he [...]

Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Western Solar

WHAT is sustainability? Everyone is talking about it. The majority of local candidates are advocating it but what does it mean and how would it change Fremantle? Here’s a quick glimpse of what a sustainable Fremantle might look like in 2010 if we get it right. It’s a summer Saturday morning and after watering my [...]

Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Western Solar

Warning Over ‘Killer’ Air Bad air costing us $12b in health bills each year: Canberra Report PEOPLE are dying because of the air they breathe Indoors, according to a body calling for new action over air quality. The warning came yesterday as a report from the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand urged [...]

Posted on August 1st, 2010 by Western Solar

Don’t let the sun go to waste  The solar village program near Blacktown demonstrates the viability of solar power in meeting our energy needs and providing a solution to climate change (Solar Power Goes West, 7/4) however the Federal Government’s Photovoltaic Rebate Program is about to run out of funds. As yet the Federal Government [...]