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ANU has been awarded funding for research into technologies that reduce the cost of solar energy for Australians.
Cutting the costs of solar
The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded more than $9 million in funding from the Australian Government for research projects to reduce the cost of solar energy for Australians.
Celebrating our graduating class of 2022
Hundreds of graduating students from the College received their well-deserved degrees, certificates, and diplomas in a Conferring of Awards ceremony at Llewellyn Hall on Tuesday 13 December 2022.
Solar innovation inspired by corals could help save them
A snorkeler and scuba diver from the age of 5, Dr Juan Felipe Torres traces his love of nature to marine adventures with his parents and brothers off the coast of Colombia i
Electric vehicles pass the remote road test
Electric vehicles can handle the distances required to travel to essential services in remote and regional Australia, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown.

Dr Kean Fong, Dr Marco Ernst, and Dr Wensheng Liang developed a new bifacial solar cell, which can absorb both direct and reflected solar energy, thanks to funding from the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP). The Albanese government recently announced ACAP will receive $45 million over the next eight years.
$45m injection to electrify innovation in Aussie solar tech
The Australian National University (ANU) will play a critical role in researching and developing cheaper, more efficient and more sustainable solar technologiesthanks to a multi-million dollar cash splash that will ignite a spark in Aust
Dr Liu awarded for her ground-breaking research in solar cell technologies
Dr AnYao Liu from the School of Engineering was recently awarded the Ulrich Gösele Young Scientist Award for her pioneering work on removing metallic impurities from silicon solar cells using deposited thin films.
PhD research sets world record for solar-to-hydrogen efficiency
Even as power grids and passenger vehicles transition to renewable energy, the fact remains that one third the world’s CO2 emission comes from more energy-intensive industries
NASA stops at ANU on way to moon and Mars
Badri Younes, a NASA engineer serving as Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) and SCaN Program Manager, spoke at the Birch Innovation Space about his job building next generation technologies to s
Australia can lower CO2 emissions in Asia Pacific by 8.6%
Australia could drastically lower carbon emissions in the Asia-Pacific region by exporting zero-carbon commodities such as electricity, green hydrogen and green metals, according to new research by experts at The Australian National Univ