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Integrating Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy
Started 2016
The Integrating Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy project will evaluate the potential for energy produced from concentrating solar thermal technologies.Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Started 2018
A study of solar thermal technologies to enhance Australian participation in the International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Program.Clever cloud tracker enters the market
Published 2016
An advanced cloud tracking system enabling cheaper renewable energy by forecasting the power output of solar photovoltaic (PV) plants has entered the market.Integrated PV Solar Roofing
Started 2012
This project aimed to develop low cost building integrated photovoltaic roofing for mass market residential and commercial applications on buildings.Improving Translation Models for Predicting the Energy Yield of Photovoltaic Power Systems
Published 2015
The development of a new PV performance laboratory and PV outdoor research facility.Review of Connection Feasibility on the UQ Gatton 3.3MW Photovoltaic Array
Published 2014
This report details the work of the University of Queensland and Energex in the study of distribution network impacts from medium scale solar PV systems.Report: CTM Analysis
Published 2018
We found that depending on the initial quality of the cell surface the losses generated by module embedding vary strongly.-
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Media Release: Project proposals show shrinking cost of big solar
Published 2017
The latest step in an ARENA program to support the construction of large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Australia has shown how quickly the cost of building new plants is falling as momentum in the sector builds.- Download PDF (473 KB) Media Release: Project proposals show shrinking cost of big solar
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Research to enable Australian solar thermal
Published 2014
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced the results of an investigation, supported by $179,965 of ARENA funding, into solar thermal power integration with the National Electricity Market (NEM). ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the new research demonstrates how solar thermal…
Conversion of Coal to Hybrid Solar Thermal/Gas
Started 2013
This project assessed the viability of converting the existing 180 MW coal-fired Collinsville Power Station in Queensland.Micro Urban Solar Integrated Concentrators (MUSIC)
Started 2012
The Micro Urban Solar Integrated Concentrators (MUSIC) project takes a completely new approach to collecting solar energy.Thermoelectric Generator for Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems
Started 2011
The Thermoelectric Generator for Concentrated Solar Thermal Systems project developed & applied thermoelectric materials & technologies to CST systems.High-Temperature Solar Thermal Energy Storage
Started 2014
This project developed an energy storage system that uses concentrating solar thermal technology to drive a high-temperature redox thermochemical cycle.ASTRI Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute
Started 2012
ASTRI Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute is a consortium of Australian research institutions collaborating on concentrating solar power projects.Validation of CST Solar Array Performance Modelling
Started 2012
This project helped Vast Solar’s innovation by confirming the accuracy of computer modelling used to predict the performance of Vast Solar’s CST system.Advanced Solar Thermal Energy Storage Technologies
Started 2010
This project involved CSIRO working with Spanish company Abengoa to find cost-effective ways to collect and store heat from sunlight (solar thermal energy).Solar-Driven Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle
Started 2011
This project examined ways to reduce the cost of solar energy to less than 10 cents per kilowatt hour (c/kWh) to make solar energy cost competitive with existing power stations.ARENA commits $1 million for solar thermal study in South Australia
Published 2014
ARENA announced it would fund a $2.3 million study into solar thermal power generation at Port Augusta, South Australia.Solar rolling out in Northern Territory off-grid communities
Published 2018
Remote communities from the Tiwi Islands to the South Australian border are to be connected to solar power as construction begins on the SETuP project.Investigating remote solar thermal power
Published 2014
ARENA today announced $450,000 funding for Abengoa to conduct a feasibility study into a solar thermal power station in remote Western Australia. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the study will look into constructing a 20 MWe plant in Perenjori, connected to the South West Interconnected System (…