We’re all going on a solar holiday….
Posted: Thursday, 28th February, 2013 Filed under: Energy efficiency, General, Solar photovoltaics, Third generation | Tags: Australian Solar Institute, photovoltaics, renewable energy, solar 1 Comment »By Simon Hunter
Our scientists are pretty passionate about their work. So much so that they don’t just take their work home with them – they take it on holiday.
Scientist Scott Watkins recently took this holiday snap of an organic printed solar cell floating in Callala Bay on the NSW south coast. He thought the cell deserved a treat after helping secure funding for a new, $87 million Australia-US partnership in solar cell research. The funding will be used to establish the US-Australia Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics (IAP). This centre will work on solar cells – those that convert sunlight directly into electricity.
The solar cell partnership is a parallel program to the solar thermal research partnership that we reported on back in December.
For CSIRO, our involvement in the IAP represents a great chance to continue our work on manufacturing thin-film solar cells while working alongside new colleagues with deep expertise in existing, silicon-based solar cells. Who knows where this research will take us next.
You can read more about our organic solar cell work on our website and keep up to date with all of our Flexible Electronics news on twitter @FlexElectronixx
this is great news!