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"The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over
the last decade. Solar is now the cheapest form of newly built energy
generation.
Job done? Not quite. Right now, solar works well at cost-competitive prices and
can help us cut emissions significantly. But with less than 5% of the world’s
electricity delivered by solar, we are just at the start.
The solar panels of 2022 are like the chunky mobile phones of the 1990s. Much
more is possible with the same underlying technology.
Australia is likely to play a key role in global progress. For decades, we’ve
been at the forefront of solar technology development and deployment. We’ve
held the performance record for silicon solar cells for 30 of the last 40
years. We now have more solar deployed per capita than any other OECD country,
meeting close to 15% of our electricity needs. More than 80% of the world’s new
solar panels rely on the PERC cell, a technology developed in Australia.
So what’s next for solar? Hundreds of researchers across Australia are focused
on two goals: cutting costs even further and generating the most electricity
possible out of incoming sunlight."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
