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Sunswift Exclusive Preview
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
The University of New South Wales solar car racing team, SUNSWIFT, released exclusive photos of their latest solar car ‘eVe’.
Guest speaker Tony Bowen, Mayor of Randwick City Council, aided in...
‘Father of photovoltaics’ elected to Royal Society
Friday, 03 May 2013
Scientia Professor Martin Green from UNSW, a world leader and pioneer in solar photovoltaic science and engineering, has been elected into the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society.
The Royal...
Public Research Seminar
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
9 May 2013 TETB LG03For more information on Pubic Research Seminars inclding a map click HERE
Low temperature anodically grown silicon dioxide films for solar cell applications.
Nicholas GrantCentre...
Public Research Seminar
Saturday, 06 April 2013
11 April 2013 TETB LG03For more information on Pubic Research Seminars inclding a map click HERE.
Sunlight-driven water splitting in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells
Beniamino Iandolo...
Solar “power” couple win innovation award
Friday, 22 March 2013
22 March 2013
A solar "power" couple who trained at UNSW were honoured last night with an award recognising visionary Australian citizens living and working abroad.
Dr Jianhua Zhao and his...
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Thursday, 21 March 2013
28 March 2013 TETB LG03For more information on Pubic Research Seminars inclding a map click HERE
Role of Surfaces and Their Analysis in Photovoltaics
Professor Robert OpilaUniversity of Delaware...
Public Research Seminar
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
14 March 2013 TETB LG03For more information on Pubic Research Seminars inclding a map click HERE
Low carbon buildings – a pathway to lowering CO2 emissions.
A/Prof Alistair SproulUNSW SPREE...
Public Research Seminar
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
14 March 2013 TETB LG03For more information on Pubic Research Seminars inclding a map click HERE
Wide Band Gap III-Nitride Compound Semiconductor Devices:The Universal Solution for Energy...
Over a hundred new students at SPREE
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
"Wind and Sun are the pathway that humanity must take to survive the end of the petroleum era", says 4th year Renewable Energy Engineering student Daniel Moctezuma-Baker. "...
Historic US partnership to develop next generation solar cell technology
Thursday, 27 December 2012
13 December 2012
A new joint Australian–US research institute led by UNSW will foster rapid development of “over the horizon” photovoltaic technology and establish Australia as the solar cell...
New Scholarship CRC for Low Carbon Living
Friday, 21 December 2012
CRC for Low Carbon Living, PhD Scholarship: Air handling solutions, integration approaches and building design considerations for Photovoltaic Thermal (PV-T) roofing.
NEW 21 Dec 2012
The...
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Friday, 30 November 2012
Novel Photovoltaic Device Architectures for Advanced Energy Conversion
6 December 2012 TETB LG05For more information on Pubic Research Seminars inclding a map click HERE
Nicoleta HickmanFlorida Solar...
Public Research Seminar
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Light management for polycrystalline silicon thin film solar cells on glass superstrates
12-1pm 29 November 2012 TETB LG07For more information on Pubic Research Seminars inclding a map click HERE...
Public Research Seminar
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Improving the light-harvesting of thin-film solar cells with photochemical upconversion
12-1pm 27 November 2012 TETB LG03
Tim SchulzeSchool of Chemistry, The University of Sydney
Tim F. Schulze1,3...
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Friday, 16 November 2012
The transformation of energy systems towards sustainability – experience gained in Germany
12-1pm 27 Nov 2012 Room TETB LG03
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SPREE student wins Dean's Award for Excellence in Post-graduate Research
Friday, 26 October 2012
Yuanjiang Pei from the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering has won the Dean's Award for Excellence in Post-graduate Research, 2012. "We are all very proud of this...
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Monday, 15 October 2012
The optics of conventional solar cells and modules
12-1pm 25 Oct 2012 Room TETB G17
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Keith McIntoshPV Lighthouse...
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Friday, 05 October 2012
Metal-oxide: polymer solar cells – experimental studies on improving device efficiency
12-1pm 11 Oct 2012 Room TETB G17
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2 Post Doc Postions Available - Hot Carrier Solar Cells
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
The Hot Carrier solar cell group is opening two post-doc positions: http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recruitment/jobs/07091203.html
We are looking for expertise in thin film deposition of...
ASI Funding for Phd, Postdocs & Companies
Friday, 07 September 2012
Funding is still available for PhD Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships through the ASI Skills Development Program, delivered by ASI on behalf of ARENA. The next deadline is October 31. A new...
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Friday, 07 September 2012
Dopant – Hydrogen Interactions in Silicon Solar Cells
12-1pm 13 September 2012 Room TETB G17
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Phill Hamer
SPREE PhD...
Public Research Seminars
Monday, 27 August 2012
Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells
12-1pm 30 August 2012 Room TETB G17
Furong Zhu
Department of Physics and Institute of Advanced MaterialsHong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong...
ARC LINKAGE GRANT AWARDED TO SUPPORT BCSC RESEARCH
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
One of the world's most successful photovoltaic technologies is being "refined" for commercial release by the University of New South Wales.
"The UNSW Buried Contact Solar Cell (BCSC) had over...
Public Research Seminars
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Photovoltaics: Technology Trends and Future Perspectives
Adam Shor - Senior Project Engineer & Innovation Scout Electric Power Research Institute, USA
Room G17 - TETB - 28 July 2012...
UNSW Women in Renewable Energy Society Careers Event - 24 July 2012
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
The Women in Renewable Energy Society are hosting a Q&A style event involving female graduates of SPREE who now hold positions at engineering organisations including: AEMO, Infigen Energy,...
Public Research Seminars
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Time: 10am - 11am! This Public Research Seminar is on 18 July 2012
Testing the limits of experimental design
Dr. Paul Basore, Hanwha Solar America
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy...
Public Research Seminar
Friday, 29 June 2012
This Public Research Seminar is on 19 July 2012
Resonant light trapping in ultrathin films: Boosting the efficiency of a-Fe2O3 photoanodes for water splitting
Avner RothschildDepartment of Materials...
Professors Martin Green & Staurt Wenham and Suntech win Collaborative Innovation Award
Monday, 25 June 2012
UNSW-developed technology has been recognised with a Collaborative Innovation Award at the Cooperative Research Centres Association conference in Adelaide recently.
Excerpts are from the original...
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Friday, 15 June 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 28 June 2012
Past and projected trends in Australian PV uptake
Dr Muriel Watt
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy Technologies Building - Room...
Chinese Communist Party's Secretary in Guangdong Province, Wang Yang, visits SPREE
Thursday, 07 June 2012
Chinese Communist Party's Secretary in Guangdong Province, Wang Yang, visited UNSW for meetings with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Fred Hilmer and to visit the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable...
UNSW Awarded Top Innovator
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
UNSW was named as “Australia’s most innovative university” in winning the higher education category of the Thomson Reuters Citation and Innovation Awards for 2012.
All academic institutions and...
Public Research Seminars
Monday, 28 May 2012
The next Public Research Seminar is on 14 June 2012
LIP, FIP and Other Good Stuff
Valantis Vais
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy Technologies Building - Room G17 Time: 12pm - 1pm...
Public Research Seminars
Friday, 11 May 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 24 May 2012
Hot carrier solar cell modelling: phonons and the light absorbing material
Rob Patterson
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy Technologies...
Public Research Seminar
Thursday, 26 April 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 10 May 2012
Presentation of INES, the French National Institute for Solar Energy: overview of the wide R&D range: from solar grade to sustainable...
Public Research Seminars
Saturday, 21 April 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 26 April 2012
Classification and Investigation of Recombination Active Defects in Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells
Dominik Lausch
Location: UNSW Building...
Public Research Seminars
Friday, 13 April 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 19 April 2012
2012 SEMI Roadmap for Photovoltaics: Bigger, Thinner, Faster, Cheaper
Scientia Professor Martin Green
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree...
Public Research Seminar
Thursday, 05 April 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 12 April 2012
Harvesting Solar Energy Using Nanofluids-Based Concentrating Solar Collection
by Dr. Himanshu Tyagi
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy...
Public Research Seminars
Friday, 30 March 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 5 April 2012
VALUE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY TO ACHIEVE LOW COST SOLAR ELECTRICITY
by Professor Allen Barnett
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree...
Public Research Seminars
Friday, 23 March 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 29 March 2012
TUV Rheinland Japan – Experience through global growth of the PV Industry and the role of Quality Assurance in enabling development of Solar...
Public Research Seminars
Monday, 12 March 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 22 March 2012
Hot Carriers Solar Cells: Recent developments and future challenges
by Pasquale Aliberti
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy...
Public Research Seminars
Monday, 27 February 2012
This Public Research Seminar was on 8 March 2012
Diode Laser Processing of Si Thin Film Solar Cells
by Bonne Eggleston
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy Technologies Building - ...
Cutting our carbon footprint
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Prof Deo Prasad & A/Prof Alistair Sproul Click HERE to go to the original article from the UNSW Newsroom
Roofing materials that double as solar panels and can also moderate the temperature of...
Public Research Seminars
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Next Public Research Seminar is on 23 Feb 2012
20% Double-sided Laser-doped Cells on StandardCommercial Grade P-type Silicon
by Adeline Sugianto
Location: UNSW Building H6 – Tyree Energy...
Professor Martin Green Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia
Thursday, 26 January 2012
SPREE's Professor Martin Green, Executive Research Director, ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence – was appointed a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science education as an...
SPREE Moves to the UNSW TETB Building
Friday, 13 January 2012
"After nearly thirty years in the UNSW Electrical Engineering Building, the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering has today moved to the brand new Tyree Energy Technologies...
Professor Stuart Wenham wins IEEE Electron Devices Society J.J. Ebers Award
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Scientia Professor Stuart Wenham, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the prestigious IEEE Electron Devices Society J.J. Ebers Award.
This is the Society's highest honour and recognises...
Prof Martin Green & Students Win Awards
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Prof Martin Green & SPREE Students Win Awards.
The AuSES Global Leadership in Solar Research Award was awarded jointly to Professor Martin Green (UNSW) and Dr David Mills.
The SPREE...
Two UNSW SPREE Scientists win NSW Science and Engineering Awards
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
NSW Science and Engineering Awards 2011
Two UNSW SPREE Scientists win NSW Science and Engineering Awards. Above: Associate Professor Thorsten Trupke (left), Professor Stuart Wenham FTSE (Right)...
Lt Governor Casey Cagle of Georgia leads visit to SPREE
Monday, 14 November 2011
Lt Governor Casey Cagle of Georgia leads visit to SPREE. Above: Prof Allen Barnett (right) showing Lt Governor Casey Cagle (left) where the world's highest efficiency silicon solar cells are...
Tour and Seminars with Energy Leaders.
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
Tour and Seminars with Energy Leaders.
Solar Developments in the United States and Australia (Videos Available)
UNSW SPREE was privileged to participate and host seminars on behalf of the Australian...