Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics

New advanced optical characterisation capabilities installed at ACAP ANU

The Australian National University (ANU) ACAP node are glad to announce the installation of new equipment which will establish an...

University of Melbourne installs world-leading, ultrafast laser spectroscopy laboratory equipment

An ACAP team at the University of Melbourne, lead by Prof. Trevor Smith, are thrilled to have overseen the installation of brand new...

ARENAWire: Electrifying our lives with Professor Renate Egan

Working on solar since the 1990s, ACAP's Professor Egan has helped to transform the way we consume energy, more recently taking up the...

UNSW ACAP Researchers Shortlisted for 2021 Eureka Prizes

ACAP warmly congratulates two of its solar researchers at UNSW, Brett Hallam and Adrian Shi, on their nominations for the 2021 Eureka...

Monster solar farm backed by Atlassian founder about to get ‘significantly bigger’

In order to improve the efficiency of Sun Cable’s proposed giant solar farms, the company has teamed up with the University of NSW-based...

University of Melbourne's ultrafast laser facility will transform Australia’s research capacity

For the first time, Australian researchers will be able to resolve fast changes in molecular structures during photochemical reactions...

UNSW's PERC Cell Featured in ABC Catalyst

In a timely look at how Australia could fulfil its renewable energy targets by making the most of our abundant sunshine, ABC's Catalyst...

Yoann Buratti and Di Kang win IEEE PVSC 2021 Student of the Year Award

Congratulations to ACAP's Yoann Burrati at SPREE, UNSW, and Di Kang at ANU who have won the IEEE PVSC 2021 student of the year award for...

2020 ACAP Annual Report & Highlights

In an unprecedentedly challenging year for the world, ACAP was proud to be able to continue our world-leading photovoltaic research...

UNSW Professor Thorsten Trupke named 2021 recipient of the prestigious William Cherry Award

ACAP is thrilled to congratulate UNSW Professor Thorsten Trupke of the School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering on his...

ARENA-backed RayGen partnership with AGL will bring new "solar-hydro" plants to Victoria and NSW

Renew Economy reports that ACAP collaborating industry participant, RayGen, has secured a forthcoming 3MW/50MWh ‘solar hydro’ facility...

Flexible solar panels: new stretch of the imagination | CSIRO

Credit: Rowan Muller. ACAP colleagues at the CSIRO in Melbourne have made thrilling progress with the fabrication process of flexible...

‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world

In the Guardian, Royce Kurmelovs writes of the incredible story of the global rise of solar power, "Australian smarts and Chinese...

ACAP Researcher Xiaojing Hao Wins Australian Academy of Science 2021 Pawsey Medal

ACAP researcher and UNSW Scientia Associate Professor, Xiaojing Hao, has added another prestigious award to her collection of...