APVI State of Solar breakfast

Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight UNSW

Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics

“World-leading solar technology at UNSW”

Martin A. Green

UNSW Australia

PERC


Annual capacity increase

EPVIA, IAEA, GWEA, Bloomberg

Coal

Gas Turbines

Photovoltaics

Nuclear

Wind

Hydro


Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)

Bloomberg, 2013

GW GW



Bloomberg, 2013

GW GW

New York, Easter 1900



Bloomberg, 2013

GW GW




Power source for the future?

50.7 Terawatt

2003


“Submerged” progress

25%

World’s

energy

1% World’s

electricity

Wind

PV

Nuclear

1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

Insta

lled

ca

pa

city,

GW


First PhD student, Bruce Godfrey (UNSW, 1976)


First World Record (1983)

Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight UNSW 0

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25

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icie

ncy,

%

UNSW

First 20% cell

UNSW

First 20% Si cell


China Sunergy CTO

CSG Solar CEO

ANU Director

Tech Transfer

UNSW PV CoE/ Suntech CTO

Suntech/ Sunergy/ JA Solar/ Sunrise Global

ACAP Director)

Trina, Hanwha CTO

First 20% Si cell


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UNSW

First 20% cell

UNSW

25% PERC/PERL cells

PESC

PERC


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ncy,

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First 20% cell

UNSW

25% PERC/PERL cells

PESC

PERC

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0.5

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1.5

2

2.5P

ER

C c

apacity,

GW

Source: NDP Solarbuzz


Cell technology

BSF

SHJ

PERC

Back contact


First 20% cell

New Tyree Energy Research Building

Education

UNSW

• World’s 1st PV engineering degree

• 1st graduates 2004


Zhengrong Shi, 12th PhD student, 1992

“First Solar Billionaire”


Billion $ recipe

Organise Local Capital

Appoint Ex-UNSW CEO and/or CTO

Set up production linegenerate cash flow

Internationallycertify products

IPO : NYSE, NASDAQ

Billion $ company

UNSW linked (~70% Chinese product)

$3.5b

$7.6b

$0.8b

$0.4b

$2.9b

2007 : China largest PV manufacturer

$1.0b

Strong technical links to key players


Other UNSW CTOs


Major players in PV emergence

CHINA

AUSTRALIA

(expertise,

founders,

CTOs)

USA

($$ - NYSE,

NASDAQ)

GERMANY

(policy, market)

Cel

ls,

mod

ule

s

Sil

icon

,

equ

ipm

ent


Technology Hub Asia/Pacific

VP Tech

Founders COO CSO CTO

CTO

Founder ex-COO CTO

VP Tech CTO (Founders)

CTO

CTO

VP Tech. VP(US)

Senior Engineers

CTO

Head R&D

Hon. President, New Energy Labs

CTO, Founder


UNSW landmark achievements

20% silicon cell 1985

20% concentrating module 1989

20% standard module 1993

20% multicrystalline cell 1998

25% silicon cell 2008

40% concentrating module 2014

30% standard module 2015?

40% standard module 2016?


40.4% concentrating module (Nov. 2014)


Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics

Thank you!

APVI State of Solar breakfast

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