INDUSTRY BLOG: News from Sustainable Energy Industry/Trade Associations

Fossil Subsidies Fuel Climate Change
By admin on August 8, 2010

8 August 2010 Ray Wills, CEO Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) Website: www.wasea.com.au Email: info@wasea.com.au A new report by analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that global governments’ support for fossil fuel industry is about 10 times that offered to renewable energy says the WA Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA). The report which analyses subsidies and incentive schemes offered globally to developers of renewable energy and biofuel techn…

Australia’s Largest Energy Chamber Provides Sustainable Framework for Next Government
By admin on August 6, 2010

6 August 2010 Ray Wills, CEO Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) Website: www.wasea.com.au Email: info@wasea.com.au The WA Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) has created a comprehensive list of cost effective and practical actions that can be taken across all sectors of the economy that will boost national productivity, reduce inflation and ensure continued strong growth within the Australian sustainable energy industry and across Australia’s economy for …

Largest Solar Power Tracking System in Australia completed in Western Australia
By admin on August 6, 2010

6 August 2010 Ray Wills, CEO Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) Website: www.wasea.com.au Email: info@wasea.com.au The WA Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) welcomes the announcement by one of its members, SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, that it has completed a 505-kilowatt solar power installation for another WA SEA member Horizon Power, a utility providing power …

Energy Efficient Business Needs More Stars
By admin on July 25, 2010

25 July 2010 Ray Wills, CEO Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) Website: www.wasea.com.au Email: info@wasea.com.au The WA Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA) welcomes the Labor policy announcement today that will provide tax breaks to businesses that improve the energy efficiency of their commercial buildings. WA SEA, Australia’s largest energy industry chamber, notes commercial buildings account for almost one fifth of Australia’s energy use. ‘Impro…