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The importance of staying cool “Solar cells prefer to operate in a refrigerator,” says UNSW Professor Martin Green. His global research team is now identifying viable ways to cool down solar PV modules while amping up energy production to an unprecedented level.
Natalie Filatoff
Jul 05, 2019
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Applications & Installations
IEA report outlines ‘Future of Hydrogen’ The G20 meeting of environment and energy ministers on the weekend in Karuizawa, Japan, came out largely in favor of adopting lower-emission energy technologies. That means cleaner coal, as well as the development of solar- and wind-powered green hydrogen.
Natalie Filatoff
Jun 17, 2019
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Green hydrogen airs at G20 meeting of energy ministers this week Hello hydrogen! A number of factors are floating renewably powered hydrogen to the top of the agenda for worldwide energy ministers. Australia is among the countries most favourably placed to turn hydrogen hype into the biggest source of decarbonized energy the world has yet seen.
Natalie Filatoff
Jun 10, 2019
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UNSW enabling terawatts of solar power The influence of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering spreads over the horizon like rays of sunlight through a coal haze. Its researchers are confidently working towards the time when terawatts of solar PV power people’s aspirations from Uttar Pradesh to Perth and Pennsylvania.
Natalie Filatoff
Jun 04, 2019
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Sustainable Melbourne Fund to expand rooftop PV across Australia A new $139 million partnership with Bank Australia will allow the Sustainable Melbourne Fund to help all commercial and agricultural enterprises in Australia to become more sustainable. And for many businesses, reducing electricity costs and emissions through PV is at the top of their wish lists.
Natalie Filatoff
May 14, 2019
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Patently disruptive Hanwha Q Cells is taking legal action against Jinko, Longi, and REC over cell passivation technology in three jurisdictions. But where does patentable intellectual property begin and end? And why are the lawsuits alleging infringements being introduced now?
Christian Roselund, Natalie Filatoff
May 13, 2019
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Sustainable Melbourne Fund takes mission – and rooftop PV – across Australia A new $200 million partnership with Bank Australia has boosted the capability of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund to help commercial and agricultural enterprises nationwide. For many businesses, reducing electricity costs and emissions through solar installation is the first project on their wishlist.
Natalie Filatoff
May 13, 2019
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Markets & Policy
How to profitably upcycle 80 million tons of PV waste in Australia by 2050 Research by the University of New South Wales has examined the economic barriers, technologies and opportunities of recycling end-of-life silicon PV modules for profit.
Natalie Filatoff
May 07, 2019
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Applications & Installations
High energy prices set to drive 2 GW of rooftop PV in Australia this year First-quarter data from Green Energy Markets shows double the uptake of small-scale rooftop solar on the same period last year as record numbers of residential and business consumers seek to reduce electricity bills. A tendency for installations to increase toward the year end suggests more than 2 GW of solar will hit the rooftops this year. But could this become a cautionary tale?
Natalie Filatoff
Apr 15, 2019
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