Professor Andrew Blakers is Director of the
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...
''Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems'', which employs 60 staff. He is responsible for several innovations in
solar energy photovoltaic technology, including "Sliver cells". Blakers has secured many research grants and won several awards.
Sliver cell
Sliver Cell
photovoltaic technology uses just one tenth of the costly silicon used in conventional solar panels while matching power, performance, and efficiency. Blakers invented the technology with colleague Dr Klaus Weber and developed it with funding from energy supplier
Origin Energy
Origin Energy an ASX listed public company with headquarters in Sydney. It is a major integrated electricity generator, and electricity and natural gas retailer. It operates Australia’s largest coal-fired power station at Lake Macquarie, Ne ...
and the
Australian Research Council.
Honours
Blakers and Klaus Weber won the
Australian Institute of Physics'
Walsh Medal for their solar research work.
He was 2012 state finalist for the
Australian of the year award, in the
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. I ...
. He was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of New South Wales in 2020.
See also
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Martin Green
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Solar Cell
A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical and chemical phenomenon.
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Solar energy
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Solar power in Australia
Solar power in Australia is a fast growing industry. As of September 2022, Australia's over 3.27 million solar PV installations had a combined capacity of 28,177 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power, of which at least 4,258 MW was installed in th ...
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Photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering in Australia
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Renewable energy commercialization
Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include b ...
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International Renewable Energy Agency
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organization mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy. It is the first international organis ...
References
External links
Centre for sustainable energy systems
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Living people
People associated with solar power
Australian National University faculty
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales