Two UNSW-developed technologies have been recognised with Collaborative Innovation Awards at the Cooperative Research Centres Association conference in Adelaide recently.
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Australian manufacturers lagging in clean technology race
Australia is lagging behind Asia, the US and Europe when it comes to manufacturing clean energy technology, a report has found.
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Dyesol assembling large DSC solar panels
DYESOL has announced its subsidiary startup in the US is now assembling prototype Dye Sensitised Solar Cells (DSC) panels exceeding 120 by 60cm size.
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Operations started at Bridgewater CPV solar station
SILEX Systems says its subsidiary Solar Systems has started operation of the Bridgewater Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) solar power station.
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India secures new solar PV plant
India’s sunny climate and low cost of product is making it one of the fastest-growing solar markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
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India secures new solar PV plant
India’s sunny climate and low cost of production is making it one of the fastest-growing solar markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
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New sunflower-inspired pattern increases concentrated solar efficiency
Researchers have come up with a design that reduces the amount of land required to build a CSP plant, while increasing the amount of sunlight its mirrors collect.
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Panasonic builds new plant to manufacture HIT solar panels
Panasonic Corporation's build a new solar panel manufacturing facility in Malaysia to produce wafers, solar cells and full modules.
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ABB concept to revolutionise concentrating solar power plants
ABB has launched a new concept for turnkey concentrating solar power plants (CSP) based on a low-cost, highly efficient and highly scalable technology that uses considerably less material, land and water than any other CSP technology.
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ABB to acquire Powercorp in Australia to expand offering for renewable integration
The acquisition is expected to strengthen ABB’s portfolio of control technologies used to manage the integration of renewable energy sources.
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Solar panel manufacturing on shaky grounds after Silex closure
Australia is down one solar panel manufacturer following the closure of Silex Solar’s Homebush Bay manufacturing facility yesterday which resulted in 30 jobs being cut.
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Regulator finds 20% of solar panel installations are dangerous
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA), continued calls for governments at all levels to work together to stamp out dodgy solar installers and protect consumers following official government figures that show many installations are dangerous.
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GE establishes thin-film solar manufacturing plant
GENERAL Electric has announced a thin-film solar manufacturing plant in Colarado, signally its entry into the solar market.
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World’s first: Spain solar plant produces electricity at night
The new Gemasolar heliostatic plant is reportedly the world’s first solar plant to have the capacity to generate electricity at night.
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ABB opens new production line for solar inverters
ABB’s new production line for solar inverters and engineering center in Estonia provides yearly capacity of 400 megawatt and can be expanded to meet long-term growing demand, according to the company.
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Renewable energy ideas battle for funding at Clean Technologies competition
New solutions tackling renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation systems, pollution, green buildings and smart electricity grids are just some of the 70 entries in the Australian Clean Technologies Ideas Competition.
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Australia’s largest solar panel seller placed in receivership
Ferrier Hodgson were appointed as receivers and will manage Solar Shop Australia while it is on receivership. Solar Shop was set up 12 years back, currently employs 200 people and has operations across mainland Australia.
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Australia’s first utility-scale solar power farm to be powered by US photovoltaics
AUSTRALIA’s first utility-scale solar power project, the Greenough River Solar Farm, is now underway, but will use photovoltaic modules from the US. No Australian photovoltaic manufacturers will reportedly be involved in the project. Isaac Leung reports.
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SunPower opens Australia’s largest producing solar energy plant
SunPower has completed construction of Australia’s largest tracking solar power plant – a 1-megawatt Uterne facility in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
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Silex to close Australian solar panel factory
Silex Systems will reportedly close the only Australian manufacturing facility of solar cells for PV panels due to tight competition from cheaper imported cells. The company is a subsidiary of Silex Solar.
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