Round 1

This round invested more than $27 million in research to improve the cost effectiveness of both photovoltaic and concentrating solar power technologies. The leveraged project value is more than $90 million.

• BT Imaging Pty Ltd: Inline inspection tools for photovoltaic manufacturing
• Silanna Semiconductor Pty Ltd: A high efficiency, integrated solar module on a transparent substrate
• Australian National University: Plasmonics for high efficiency solar cells
• Australian National University: Next generation SLIVER solar cells
• The University of NSW: Development and commercialisation of high efficiency silicon solar cell technology
• The University of Newcastle: Fabrication of thermionic devices using directional solidifaction/sintering processes for high temperautre CST applications
• CSIRO: Development of advanced solar thermal energy storage technologies for integration with energy-intensive industrial processes and electricity
• CSIRO: Advanced steam generating receivers for high concentration solar collectors
• The University of NSW: Overcoming the fundamental performance limitations of commercial solar cells
• The University of Queensland: New materials and architectures for organic solar cells- beyond the Shockley-Queisser limit