Research Groups, Institutes and Universities Archives - Renew Economy

Renewables

Australian solar innovator SunDrive joins homegrown bid to make spacecraft-integrated PV
The collaboration will use SunDrive’s copper-metallised solar cell technology to establish an Australian-made source of PV arrays specially made for spacecraft.
Joshua S Hill

Nov 10, 2026

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Climate

“Can’t wait for the next catastrophe:” State hazards research body faces funding cliff as giant El Niño looms
Australian research into how to cope with climate change impacts seems always to be facing funding cliffs, with a key NSW hazard agency just the latest example.
Peter Hannam

Oct 15, 2026

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Renewables

Solar farms can help stop the spread of dust storms, new study finds
New study demonstrates that solar farms can have a material impact on reducing dust pollution reaching major cities.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 8, 2026

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Policy & Planning

New $30 million “launchpad” offers grants to help Australian clean energy startups to take off
Arena to lead a new $30 million funding program to help “promising” early-stage climate and renewable energy startups turn their ideas into a commercial reality.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 17, 2026

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Renewables

A piece of cake? Australian researchers turn to baking for improvements in solar cell efficiency
Australian researchers have started applying lessons from baking to better understand how to improve tandem solar cell efficiency using more abundant materials.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 19, 2026

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Wind

Wake steering: Researchers say turbine realignments could add double digit power gains to wind farms
Researchers says realignment of wind turbines away from the wind can boost output. “Wake steering” has real data, but wind owners in Australia aren’t buying it yet.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 24, 2026

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Renewables

Researchers unlock new path for ultra low-cost solar by swapping out scarce and costly metal in PV cells
An international team of researchers has successfully built the first high-performance tandem solar cell that swaps out a scarce, expensive metal for one that is abundant and costs 1% as much.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 21, 2026

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Renewables

Aussie researchers harness AI to help unlock “cheap, scalable, non-toxic” solar recycling
As Australia’s love for solar threatens to pile into a serious waste stream, researchers are turning to AI to extract more value from retired panels.
Poppy Johnston

May 4, 2026

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Solar

Australia-made solar testing technology attracts interest of global PV giants
Three global solar manufacturers are interested in a new technology from UNSW that helps identify faults in PV cells.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 5, 2025

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Solar

Australian researchers claim world record PV efficiency for kesterite solar cell
Australian researchers claims world record efficiency for a kesterite solar cell, which they say could deliver long-term improvements in PV technology.
Joshua S Hill

Jan 28, 2025

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Storage

Australian researchers turn wine into a battery storage breakthrough
Australian university researchers have won a patent for using food acids to create a major component of battery technology.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Oct 4, 2024

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Australian “indoor PV” and graphite-boosted EV battery technologies win research grants
Graphite boosted EV batteries and perovskite solar that can work indoors receive funding in the latest Advance Queensland funding round.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 24, 2024

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