UNSW

Solar home pre-cooling cuts energy bills through summer, chills the solar duck

UNSW study shows pre-cooling homes using daytime rooftop PV can cut summer energy bills, improve thermal comfort and ease problems…

August 11, 2023

Lost power in a bushfire or storm? UNSW wants to hear all about it

UNSW study wants to hear people's experiences – both good and bad – when the electricity grid has failed, in…

October 19, 2021

UNSW student-designed solar freezer installed on remote Fiji island

Students from University of New South Wales design and install solar powered deep freezer in a remote fishing village on…

November 28, 2019

‘Father of PV’ Martin Green launches next generation of solar modules

The world's leading solar PV researcher was on hand at the Australian launch of Sunport's innovative solar modules, as Australian…

July 19, 2019

Solar research champion UNSW sets 2020 date for 100% renewables

University of New South Wales sets 2020 date for 100% renewables, as part of three-year roadmap to take its buildings…

June 7, 2019

New solar tool shows daily, time-based forecast for each state

New tool integrated into APVI Live Solar Map, allows solar system owners to estimate how their PV generation will track…

May 16, 2019

Home hydrogen storage for rooftop solar? UNSW team says it's coming in 2020

UNSW and Tamworth company H2Store win investor support for hydrogen storage that could be applied to home solar storage by…

March 20, 2019

Half of all Australian rooftops could go solar, new mapping tool reveals

New online mapping tool shows "enormous untapped potential" for rooftop solar in Australia, including up to 50 per cent in…

April 9, 2018

Solar CBD: How Melbourne buildings – including MCG – could become a PV powerhouse

New report finds that 38% of City of Melbourne total roof space could be fitted with 416MW of solar panels…

March 27, 2018

Rooftop solar: Sydney and other city CBDs have barely tapped 'solar goldmines'

Sydney's CBD has huge untapped rooftop solar potential that could save businesses and homes $70m a year on power costs,…

May 16, 2017