Photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering in Australia
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Photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering is an area of significant research, development, and demonstration in Australia. Two Australian Research Council Centres play a key role.
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[edit] ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics
The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of NSW is internationally recognised for its research in the area of photovoltaics, most of which is now conducted under the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics. It was also the first organisation internationally to offer undergraduate training in the area of Photovoltaics and Solar Energy, and since then has extended the educational programs offered to include postgraduate and research training opportunities.[1]
The ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence officially came into being on 13th June 2003. The Centre is charged with the mission of advancing silicon photovoltaic research and applying these advances to the related field of silicon photonics. The Centre of Excellence is made up of five research teams dedicated to finding novel ways of improving the efficiency and cost of silicon based photovoltaic and photonic devices. [2]
[edit] ARC Centre of Excellence for Solar Energy Systems
The focus for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Solar Energy Systems is the development of improved silicon concentrator solar cells for 10-50 sun linear concentrators. Centre activities are located at the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University. The Director of the ARC Centre for Solar Energy Systems is Professor Andrew Blakers and the Deputy Director is Dr Vernie Everett.[3]
