The Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSES) at the Australian National University (ANU) is a leader in photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal energy. The Centre has about 40 staff and research students. Its work covers the spectrum from basic R&D through to commercial contract research. CSES is part of the Department of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.

Latest News ANU SOLAR TECHNOLOGY WINS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD 6 JUNE 2005 Solar cell technology developed at the ANU Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSES) has won a Banksia environmental award for environmental leadership in infrastructure and services. CSES and commercial partner Origin Energy were joint winners of the award. Sliver® solar cells produce electricity from solar radiation and will soon be commercially available from Origin Energy’s new manufacturing plant in Adelaide. They offer significant benefits compared with traditional solar cells. For a complete Press Release, click here. For more information about the Sliver® technology click here. ANU's Barcelona Papers on PV Technology released ANU papers delivered at the 20th EC PV Solar Energy Conference in Barcelona in June 2005 are available for download here. Canberra Company to Commercialise the ANU Dish Technology April 2005 Canberra company Wizard Information Systems has negotiated the terms of a licence with the ANU to commercialise the Big Dish solar concentrator technology. Wizard plans to form a spinoff company together with strategic partners and work towards construction of a demonstration plant. For more details see www.wizardpower.com.au. The dish tracks the sun and focuses the radiation from 400m2 of glass mirror onto a receiver that produces 500°C steam for power generation. For more details on the system, follow the links in the menu on the left to Research – Solar thermal - facilities.

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