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05/03/11

Here are some, we think, helpful links

PV Solar & Energy Efficiency media articles and documentaries

March 11 2008 - Qld government announces Feed-in Tariffs at 44c/kWh - ABC - Brisbane Times
March 7 2008 - Qld government closes PV bulk buy at 5000 homes - Courier Mail - Brisbane Times
March 6 2008 - States to consider national Feed-in Tariff
March 5 2008 - Qld government announces 1000 home PV bulk buy - EPA - Courier Mail - Brisbane Times
February 23 2008 - ABC Saturday Extra (podcast) - China - The Sun King
February 20 2008 - ABC Australia Talks (podcast) - Delivering on the potential of solar energy
February 6 2008 - ABC Bush Telegraph (podcast) - Rooftop Solar Energy
August 13 2007 - SMH - SA consumers to be paid double for solar
August 13 2007 - SMH - Households switch on to green power
August 11 2007 - The Age - German sun powers a revolution
August 6 2007 - Canberra Times - Solar to have its day in the sun
July 30 2007 - SMH - Cloudy Germany a hotspot for solar power
July 25 2007 - SBS Dateline - Portugese Power
June 25 2007 - ABC Four Corners - The Home Front (transcript)
June 12 2007 - SBS Nova - Saved by the Sun (transcript)
May 23 2007 - SMH - Solar power to head mainstream: survey
May 3 2007 - ABC Catalyst - Microgeneration
April 16 2007 - ABC Four Corners - Earth, Wind & Fire (transcript)
March 8 2007 - ABC Catalyst - Sliver Cells
January 16 2006 - SMH - A power station in every home

TV Series

PV Solar Power

Australian Greenhouse Office has information about the Federal Government PV rebate program updates
Queensland Environment Protection Agency has information about renewable energy rebate programs
Queensland Government will be implementing "Feed in tariffs" as part of the ClimateSmart 2050 strategy and have a target of 6% renewable energy by 2015 and 10% by 2020.
The SA government will implement feed-in tariffs with 2 times the SA retail rate, i.e. 44c/kWh.
The ACT government may implement feed-in tariffs with 3.88 times the ACT retail rate, i.e. 52c/kWh.
Alternative Technology Association
ATA Renew Magazine - celebrating 100 issues.
Earth Garden Magazine - EG140 has a 16 page feature on PV solar.
ANZSES - Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society

How about building a PV solar or green electricity powered electric car like Shaun Williams?

Responding to Climate Change

The Big Switch
Queensland Government ClimateSmart Living

Environment and Climate Change

Australian Bureau of Meteorology - Climate Change
CSIRO - Climate Change
Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change
Australian Conservation Foundation
Climate Institute of Australia
Common Belief - Australian faith communities on climate change
(with sections written by Aboriginal People, Anglicans, Australian Christian Lobby, Baha'i Believers, Baptists, Buddhists, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, Greek Orthodox, Hindus, Jewish People, Lutherans, Muslims, Salvation Army, Sikhs, Uniting Church)
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change - 30 October 2006

What's happening with solar in other parts of the world

Forbes - The Sunshine Economy
Solarbuzz

Climate Change science

There is no longer any debate about whether there is people induced climate change, just the extent of the impact and what to do about it, according to the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) 4th assessment report:

Working Group 1 report summary - 2 February 2007 - The Physical Science Basis
Working Group 2 report summary - 6 April 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Working Group 3 report summary - 4 May 2007 - Mitigation of Climate Change

A few West End (Brisbane 4101) community groups and resources

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