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"Australia’s flagship solar research program, the University of New South
Wales-led Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), has secured
another six years of federal funding to continue its world-leading work on
foundational PV technologies and ultra-low cost solar.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) announced this week that its
funding of ACAP was being extended out to 2033 with an additional $95.4 million
towards a $220 million national research initiative that is supported by
co-investment from ACAP’s seven universities, and industry partners.
ACAP says the funding delivers the long-term certainty needed to deliver the
next major wave of solar breakthroughs, that will make it even cheaper, more
durable and more scalable than ever, while strengthening Australia’s role in
the global clean-energy transition.
“Solar is still a relatively young technology with plenty of scope to improve,”
ACAP executive director Professor Renate Egan said in a statement on Thursday.
“Arena’s significant investment is ultimately about what happens next. Just as
the breakthroughs of the 1980s helped create the modern solar industry, the
research being funded today will help define the energy system of the 2030s and
2040s.”
“ACAP 3.0 is focused on reducing solar’s cost while improving performance,
durability and sustainability, so it can scale to the multi-terawatt levels
the world requires, and power a prosperous net zero future for Australia,”
Egan says."
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
