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    Australian solar giants win “Nobel for engineering” for delivering low cost solar to the world

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    Australia’s Martin Green awarded prestigious Japan Prize for career of world-beating research into high-efficiency solar cells.
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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.
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    Jul 21, 2019
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    Australia’s “father of PV,” UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green handed 2018 Global Energy Prize at a ceremony in Moscow.
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    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.
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    Dec 6, 2017
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    Solar heads to 1c/kWh before 2020 after Mexico sets record low

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