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Aug 30, 20245 min read
Professor Hao's multiple world record efficiencies with rising star kesterite solar cells
This article is extracted from ACAP 10 Years - Creating a Pipeline of Opportunities Featuring: Professor Xiaojing Hao ARC Future Fellow,...


Aug 22, 20246 min read
ACAP researchers develop 'gold standard' tech for diagnosis of defects in solar utility plants using daytime photoluminescence imaging
With ACAP support, large scale surveillance of solar utility plants is now possible using PL imaging in daylight.

Jun 12, 20241 min read
Solar Panel Recycling or End of Life Management Scoping Study
An in-depth analysis of best practice and cost-effective strategies to manage solar panels end of life in Australia.


Sep 7, 20231 min read
ACAP UNSW adds Conifer single-side wafer etching system capabilities to its lab facilities
ACAP UNSW adds Conifer single-side wafer etching system capabilities to its lab facilities

Mar 2, 20231 min read
An Interview with ACAP Solar Pioneers Professors Martin Green and Andrew Blakers
On the back of the QE Prize for the PERC cell, ACAP's Martin Green and Andrew Blakers discuss the origins of the world-changing...


Nov 22, 20221 min read
ACAP researcher Brett Hallam wins 2022 PM's Award for New Innovators
Congratulations to UNSW's Brett Hallam, whose pioneering solar cell research work with ACAP has been recognised with the 2022 Prime...


Nov 21, 20221 min read
Utility Magazine: ACAP and the next generation of solar technologies
Image care of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency In this month's Utility Magazine, Renate Egan, ACAP's incoming director, expands on...
Oct 26, 20221 min read
You might think solar panels have been perfected, but we can still make them even better and cheaper
Writing in the Conversation, ACAP's UNSW node lead, Renate Egan, explains the further potential of solar power, and Australia's role to...


Oct 6, 20221 min read
Martin Green receives the 2020 WCPEC Prize
ACAP and UNSW's Martin Green has been recognised with the namesake prize of the 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion...

Sep 16, 20221 min read
ACAP ANU Lab Installs Advanced Perovskite Processing Capability Glovebox
Adding more specialised tools to its research work on perovskite solar cells, ACAP ANU has added a glovebox-integrated, low and...

Jun 21, 20221 min read
ACAP's 2021 Impact at a Glance
UPDATED: We are pleased to be able to share the full 2021 ACAP annual report: With all previous years available here. Please contact us...


May 12, 20221 min read
ACAP's Prof Renate Egan made member of the Smart Energy Council's Solar Hall of Fame
UNSW's Prof Renate Egan joins alongside fellow ACAP leaders Andrew Blakers and Martin Green. Congratulations to ACAP's UNSW node leader,...


Apr 4, 20221 min read
ACAP Researcher Hieu Nguyen among Ten Outstanding Young Faces of Vietnam 2021
Hieu Nguyen in the lab at ANU Congratulations to our ACAP ANU colleague, Hieu Nguyen, who has been named one of Vietnam's Ten Outstanding...


Apr 4, 20221 min read
CPIA Report: PERC likely to remain solar market leader over the next three years
A new report from the China Photovoltaic Industry Association shows PERC solar cells comprising 91.2% of the global market share of solar...


Mar 28, 20221 min read
Unlocking the potential of singlet fission in photovoltaics
UNSW researchers Jessica Yajie Jiang and NJ Ekins-Daukes at the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics explain the exciting...


Jan 20, 20221 min read
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...


Sep 2, 20211 min read
Technology and engineering academy says not to wait for a ‘miracle’ and aim for net zero emissions
The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering has released a position statement calling on the Australian federal government to...

Jun 30, 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...

May 24, 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...

Apr 27, 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...
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