Sliver cells, micro-thin solar cells, are one of the technologies being developed in the new Australian Solar Institute (ASI) Laboratory.
The Australian National University will continue to be at the forefront of national and international solar research thanks to the new Australian Solar Institute (ASI) Laboratory. The Hon Martin Ferguson, Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism today launched the new solar laboratory. The Federal Government, through the Australian Solar Institute, provided a foundation grant of $5 million to extend the laboratories at ANU and to buy state-of?the-art process and characterisation equipment. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said that the new facilities will complement, and substantially extend, the current sophisticated solar research facilities at ANU. 'ANU has a proud record of innovation in sustainable energy systems and the new ASI Laboratory will add to that,' said Professor Chubb. ?The facility is unique in the southern hemisphere, providing world-class research facilities for ANU academics and other world-leading scholars, as well as industry. ?Over the next five years the labs will support an estimated $30 million worth of new research projects, and significantly enhance the 20 solar research and development contracts ANU already has with commercial and government partners.
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