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Engineering PhD student wins prestigious industry award
For the second year in a row, a PhD student from the Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering has taken out Student of the Year at the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air
New way to make low-cost solar cell technology
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a new way to fabricate high efficiency semi-transparent perovskite solar cells in a breakthrough that could lead to more efficient and cheaper solar electricity.
Hydro may boost share of renewables in electricity grid
Hydro power could provide cost-effective large-scale energy storage that can support high levels of renewable energy in Australia's electricity grid.
ANU engineers awarded for innovative research
A team engineers from the Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering at ANU have been awarded for their innovative research on transferring power and information through wireless signals.
$8 million for ANU renewable energy research
ANU will establish an international research program to improve ways to store renewable energy that can be integrated into the electricity grid under a new $8 million partnership with the ACT Government.
ANU students to join the World Solar Challenge
An ANU team has launched the University's first bid to take part in the World Solar Challenge, where teams design, build and race a solar-powered vehicle across more than 3,000 km of Australian desert from Darwin to Adelaide.
ANU to Trial Intelligent Drones in World First Automated Inspection of Solar Power Plants
The project announced as part of the latest round of industry-researcher collaboration funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will develop a cost-effective robotic inspection system for automated monitoring of concen