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Australian Solar Institute (ASI)
Australian Solar Institute
The Australian Solar Institute (ASI) operated from August 2009 before being merged into ARENA on 31 December 2012. ASI developed a portfolio approaching $450 million in value from the initial $150 million, supporting over 350 solar researchers across more than 120 projects.
ASI was established to keep Australia, which was already considered a global leader in solar research, at the forefront of solar innovation. The Australian Government provided ASI with $150 million to invest in activities that aimed to reduce the cost, and increase the competitiveness of, photovoltaic and concentrating solar power technologies.
ASI developed a portfolio approaching $450 million in value from the initial $150 million, supporting over 350 solar researchers across more than 120 projects.
These included:
enabling research that looked for ways to overcome barriers to the market integration and uptake of solar technologies
positioning Australian solar research and development for the longer term through investments in research infrastructure and in the skills of the next generation of solar research leaders
collaborative research partnerships with the United States and Germany
