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Vietnam Golden Globe Awards in Science and Technology for Early Career Scientists 2021
ACAP warmly congratulates ANU's Dr Hieu Nguyen on being a 2021 recipient of the Golden Globe Awards in Science and Technology for Early...
Jan 20, 20221 min read


'You could get ultra-cheap solar far sooner than you think' | Australian Financial Review
ACAP Director Martin Green speaks with the Financial Review about the incredible drop in the cost of solar, with today's modules costing...
Dec 1, 20211 min read


New advanced optical characterisation capabilities installed at ACAP ANU
The Australian National University (ANU) ACAP node are glad to announce the installation of new equipment which will establish an...
Sep 21, 20211 min read


University of Melbourne installs world-leading, ultrafast laser spectroscopy laboratory equipment
An ACAP team at the University of Melbourne, lead by Prof. Trevor Smith , are thrilled to have overseen the installation of brand new...
Sep 16, 20211 min read


ARENAWire: Electrifying our lives with Professor Renate Egan
Working on solar since the 1990s, ACAP's Professor Egan has helped to transform the way we consume energy, more recently taking up the...
Sep 13, 20211 min read

UNSW ACAP Researchers Shortlisted for 2021 Eureka Prizes
ACAP warmly congratulates two of its solar researchers at UNSW, Brett Hallam and Adrian Shi, on their nominations for the 2021 Eureka...
Sep 2, 20211 min read


Monster solar farm backed by Atlassian founder about to get ‘significantly bigger’
In order to improve the efficiency of Sun Cable’s proposed giant solar farms, the company has teamed up with the University of NSW-based...
Aug 23, 20211 min read


University of Melbourne's ultrafast laser facility will transform Australia’s research capacity
For the first time, Australian researchers will be able to resolve fast changes in molecular structures during photochemical reactions...
Aug 18, 20211 min read

UNSW's PERC Cell Featured in ABC Catalyst
In a timely look at how Australia could fulfil its renewable energy targets by making the most of our abundant sunshine, ABC's Catalyst...
Aug 11, 20211 min read

Yoann Buratti and Di Kang win IEEE PVSC 2021 Student of the Year Award
Congratulations to ACAP's Yoann Burrati at SPREE, UNSW, and Di Kang at ANU who have won the IEEE PVSC 2021 student of the year award for...
Jul 8, 20211 min read

2020 ACAP Annual Report & Highlights
In an unprecedentedly challenging year for the world, ACAP was proud to be able to continue our world-leading photovoltaic research...
Jun 30, 20211 min read


UNSW Professor Thorsten Trupke named 2021 recipient of the prestigious William Cherry Award
ACAP is thrilled to congratulate UNSW Professor Thorsten Trupke of the School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering on his...
Jun 23, 20211 min read


ARENA-backed RayGen partnership with AGL will bring new "solar-hydro" plants to Victoria and NSW
Renew Economy reports that ACAP collaborating industry participant, RayGen, has secured a forthcoming 3MW/50MWh ‘solar hydro’ facility...
Jun 10, 20211 min read

Flexible solar panels: new stretch of the imagination | CSIRO
Credit: Rowan Muller. ACAP colleagues at the CSIRO in Melbourne have made thrilling progress with the fabrication process of flexible...
May 24, 20211 min read

‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world
In the Guardian, Royce Kurmelovs writes of the incredible story of the global rise of solar power, "Australian smarts and Chinese...
Apr 27, 20211 min read


ACAP Researcher Xiaojing Hao Wins Australian Academy of Science 2021 Pawsey Medal
ACAP researcher and UNSW Scientia Associate Professor, Xiaojing Hao, has added another prestigious award to her collection of...
Mar 11, 20211 min read
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