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Professor Stuart Wenham – the director of the Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence – died suddenly just before Christmas. Colleagues pay tribute to a pioneering researcher and inventor of solar cell...

Coal Markets News & Commentary Solar

The insanity of burning coal for power as solar costs plunge to 1c/kWh by 2020

Sophie Vorrath6 December 20177 December 2017

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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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Innovation: UNSW “microfactories” transform waste into green gold

Sophie Vorrath17 October 201717 October 2017

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A team of Australian researchers is turning the notion of recycling on its head, while also building a new green manufacturing sector.

Electric Vehicles News & Commentary Solar

Solar electric cars are the future – and “that future is now”

Sophie Vorrath16 October 2017

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In the wake of this year's Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, the global race to bring solar PV integrated EVs to market is hotting up. And Australia is a key...

Electric Vehicles News & Commentary Solar

Solar sedan and sports coupe in race across Australia – and to commercial market

Sophie Vorrath21 September 2017

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A UNSW-built "solar sedan" is taking on a Brisbane-built solar sports coupe in a race across Australia – and to drive as registered vehicles on Australian roads.

Other Good Stuff Renewables Research Groups, Institutes and Universities Smart Energy UNSW

UNSW takes out efficiency world record for revolutionary solar cell

Jonathan Gifford28 April 20168 July 2016

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A team from UNSW's Australian Center for Advanced Photovoltaics has achieved a 7.6% efficiency record for a "full sized" CZTS PV cell.

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How the networks fiddle with data to trash rooftop solar PV

Giles Parkinson29 October 201529 October 2015

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Electricity networks are not providing the full picture when arguing for tariff changes that will penalise rooftop solar and extract higher bills from solar households. Are they deliberately demonising...