NSW solar breakfast, July 2015

1. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics
“World-leading solar technology at UNSW”
Martin A. Green
UNSW Australia
PERC

2. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase
EPVIA, IAEA, GWEA, Bloomberg
Coal
Gas Turbines
Photovoltaics
Nuclear
Wind
Hydro

3. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW

4. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW

5. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW

6. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW

7. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW
New York, Easter 1900

8. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW
New York, Easter 1900

9. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW
New York, Easter 1900
New York, Easter 1913

10. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Annual capacity increase (Bloomberg April 2015)
Bloomberg, 2013
GW GW
New York, Easter 1900
New York, Easter 1913

11. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Power source for the future?
50.7 Terawatt
2003

12. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
“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
Installedcapacity,GW

13. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
First PhD student, Bruce Godfrey (UNSW, 1976)

14. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
First World Record (1983)

15. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
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0
5
10
15
20
25
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Efficiency,%
UNSW
First 20% cell
UNSW
First 20% Si cell

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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
0
5
10
15
20
25
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Efficiency,%
UNSW
First 20% cell
UNSW
25% PERC/PERL cells
PESC
PERC

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0
5
10
15
20
25
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Efficiency,%
UNSW
First 20% cell
UNSW
25% PERC/PERL cells
PESC
PERC
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
PERCcapacity,GW
Source: NDP Solarbuzz

19. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Cell technology
BSF
SHJ
PERC
Back contact

20. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
First 20% cell
New Tyree Energy Research Building
Education
UNSW
• World’s 1st PV engineering degree
• 1st graduates 2004

21. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
First 20% cell
New Tyree Energy Research Building
Education
UNSW
• World’s 1st PV engineering degree
• 1st graduates 2004

22. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Zhengrong Shi, 12th PhD student, 1992
“First Solar Billionaire”

23. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Billion $ recipe
Organise
Local
Capital
Appoint Ex-UNSW
CEO and/or CTO
Set up production line
generate cash flow
Internationally
certify 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

24. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Other UNSW CTOs

25. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Major players in PV emergence
CHINA
AUSTRALIA
(expertise,
founders,
CTOs)
USA
($$ - NYSE,
NASDAQ)
GERMANY
(policy, market)
Cells,
modules
Silicon,
equipment

26. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
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

27. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
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?

28. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
40.4% concentrating module (Nov. 2014)

29. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
40.4% concentrating module (Nov. 2014)

30. Photovoltaics - Electricity from Sunlight
UNSW
Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics
Thank you!