• Solar to power soldiers in combat

  Australian soldiers could soon be using the sun to power their devices in the field.

  By AAP | 12 August, 2011 09:11

  Tags: Andrew Blakers, army, Australian National University (ANU), John Caligari, solar cell, solar power, soldiers, Sustainable Energy Systems

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  Google invests $US280m into solar projects

  Google has said it is investing $US280 million ($A265 million) to help finance home solar projects in the internet giant's largest effort yet to promote clean energy.

  By AAP | 16 June, 2011 09:31

  Tags: business, Google, green IT, SolarCity, solar energy, solar power

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  Solar tech, chicken chatter get top science prizes

  Developments in solar energy research, chicken chat analysis and the search for the perfect sunscreen are among the 19 winning entries in this year's Eureka Prizes for science held by the Australian Museum in Sydney.

  By Rodney Gedda | 18 August, 2010 04:02

  Tags: Australian museum, Eureka Awards, Macquarie University, solar energy, solar power, unsw

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  Gadgets harvest renewable energy

  Experiments are under way to harvest free energy through motion and the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones that can be recharged without electricity. One Laptop Per Child has experimented with charging XO laptops through solar power, foot pedal and pull-string. Nokia last week released a kit that draws energy from cycling to recharge phones.

  By Agam Shah | 09 June, 2010 05:32

  Tags: gadgets, kinetic energy, renewable energy, solar power

• Samsung to invest $US21 billion in solar cells, LEDs, more

  Samsung Electronics plans to invest a massive amount of money to develop new businesses ranging from green energy to healthcare, such as solar cells and biopharmaceuticals.

  By Dan Nystedt | 11 May, 2010 15:51

  Tags: healthcare, IBM, Intel, samsung, semiconductor, solar power

• New technology guards food from feral animals

  Two Queensland-based researchers have just finished working on an animal management system prototype, developed over the past six years, which uses computer software to tell the farming livestock from wild animals.

  By Kathryn Edwards | 28 April, 2009 10:42

  Tags: animal recognition technology, csiro, farming, RFID, solar power, webcams, agriculture

• LG, Samsung develop solar-powered mobile phones

  Throw away your charger for good!

  By Martyn Williams | 18 February, 2009 10:41

  Tags: lg, mobile phones, samsung, solar power

Whitepapers about solar power

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  Top 10 Mistakes in Data Centre Operations: Operating Efficient and Effective Data Centers

  For years, the data centre industry has accepted that human operational error, not poor data centre design or engineering, is the number one cause of data centre downtime. Now is the time for companies to evaluate their data centre operations programs. They must be able to clearly articulate operational requirements and design an operations program based on the risk profile of the data centre. However, the road to creating an industry-best operations program will not be easy, especially for those companies whose core expertise is not in business critical facilities. Read on.

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  Data Center Physical Infrastructure: Optimising Business Value

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  Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency (PUE) in Data Centers

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  Virtualisation and Cloud Computing: Optimised Power, Cooling, and Management Maximises Benefits