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"The homegrown printed solar technology of Newcastle-based company Kardinia
Energy has secured a $2.1 million federal government grant to help fund a
commercial-scale pilot.
Kardinia Energy’s flexible and lightweight panels are made by printing
carbon-based semi-conducting polymers – a kind of advanced electronic ink –
onto paper thin, clear recyclable plastic sheets using conventional printing
machines.
This makes them much cheaper and more environmentally friendly to manufacture
than traditional silicon solar panels and allows them to be installed more
easily – and more flexibly – using basic adhesives like tape or velcro.
The printed solar panels had their first large-scale demonstration in 2017 on
the roof of the University of Newcastle, where the technology’s inventor Paul
Dastoor and his team were based.
They have since been tested in the wild on shade structures in Sydney, on a
Tesla road-trip around Australia, and – last year – on tour with UK band
Coldplay.
This year, the team at Kardinia Energy hopes to take a big step closer to
commercialisation of the technology, starting with a pilot manufacturing
facility. The federal government’s funding aims to ensure the Newcastle-born
technology can be delivered at scale from its home base."
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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
