Australian plot jumps from world's leading solar R&D to global solar producer
Australia has some impressive solar PV credentials, including the use of world-leading technology by households and businesses and world-renowned and ongoing contributions to research and development. But can we make the stuff? It’s a question that comes up frequently, these days, when the newly elected Labor government talks about reviving Australian manufacturing, as fossil fuel costs send grid prices soaring, and when war at the height of the pandemic disrupts supply chains as does the shift to energy. renewable. need to shift some gears. In announcing the Alba government’s $45 million extension of funding for the Australian Center for Advanced Photovoltaics last month, federal energy minister Chris Bowen measured the solar challenge. “Solar panels all over the world, the technology that is in them, is not a little to be found here [at the University of New South Wales] and at other Australian universities. That’s something we can be proud of. But we have to take it now to t