Helping make solar power cheaper

Solar energy: The Centre for Energy Technology is helping lower the costs of solar thermal power

Solar energy: The Centre for Energy Technology is helping lower the costs of solar thermal power

Thursday, 13 December 2012

The University of 亚洲色吧's is part of a major solar research initiative aimed at lowering the cost of solar thermal power, announced by the Australian Government today.

Led by CSIRO, the will be worth a total of over $87 million.

The eight-year collaboration aims to lower the cost of solar thermal power from 25 to around 10 cents a kilowatt hour.

Centre for Energy Technology Director said the Centre looked forward to making a significant contribution to the initiative.

"Not only is solar energy one of the key forms of renewable energy, it is also one of the fastest growing forms of energy technology, so offers significant opportunity for the industr