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Australian solar giants win “Nobel for engineering” for delivering low cost solar to the world
Four researchers win the Queen Elizabeth Prize for their work between 1983 and 2023 improving the efficiency of solar cells.
Rachel Williamson
Feb 8, 2023
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Australia’s Martin Green awarded prestigious Japan Prize for work as ‘Father of solar PV’
Australia’s Martin Green awarded prestigious Japan Prize for career of world-beating research into high-efficiency solar cells.
Michael Mazengarb
Feb 1, 2021
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Next-gen solar modules launched by “father of PV” Martin Green
World’s leading solar PV researcher helps launch Sunport’s innovative solar modules, as Australian solar tech starts to achieve market dominance.
Michael Mazengarb
Jul 21, 2019
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Australia’s “father of PV”, Martin Green, collects Global Energy Prize
Australia’s “father of PV,” UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green handed 2018 Global Energy Prize at a ceremony in Moscow.
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Oct 5, 2018
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Martin Green – Australia’s “father of PV” – beats Elon Musk to Global Energy Prize
UNSW’s Martin Green beats Elon Musk for major energy prize for his work in revolutionising efficiency and helping make solar PV cheapest energy option.
Sophie Vorrath
Jun 8, 2018
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The insanity of burning coal for power as solar costs plunge to 1c/kWh by 2020
Burning coal to generate electricity in era of solar at 1c/kWh makes as about as much economic sense as “burning dollar notes”, says leading researcher Martin Green.
Sophie Vorrath
Dec 6, 2017
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Solar heads to 1c/kWh before 2020 after Mexico sets record low
Australia solar research leader Martin Green says solar heading to a price of 1c/kWh before 2020 after latest record auction result.
Giles Parkinson
Nov 20, 2017
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