Solar cell research and development in Australia

✍ Scribed by Martin A. Green

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Weight: 676 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-6787
• DOI: 10.1016/0379-6787(89)90062-8

✦ Synopsis

Australia's demography and geography conspire to make it a relatively large user of solar cells on a purely commercial basis.

Telecommunications has dominated these commercial applications. Due to the expectation of low grid electricity costs into the foreseeable future, the focus of research and developmental efforts has been remote area applications. The main areas of activity have been silicon solar cell research, cell and module testing, and the development of remote area power supplies for applications in the "outback".