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Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.
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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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UNSW looks to solar-powered desalination to help bust droughts josh
UNSW researchers are combining desalination technology with solar, targeting those in need of secure supplies of fresh water who are also disconnected from electricity grids.
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UNSW tops lists of global champions of solar module efficiency
America's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published a new graph of record-efficiency solar modules. And guess who tops the chart?
New data shows for the first time Australia's distributed rooftop solar PV responding to help keep the power system secure.
UNSW deal for mass-production of next generation solar cells will help cost of solar power – already the cheapest in the world – to halve again.
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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.
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
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
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”
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...
