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 Australian Academy of Science
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Useful sites | Harnessing direct solar energy a progress report |
Your Home (Australian Government)
- Solar hot water
Provides technical details about domestic solar hot water systems.
http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/fs65.html
- Photovoltaic systems
Provides technical details about domestic photovoltaic systems.
http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/fs67.html
Concentrating Solar Thermal Systems (Solar Thermal Group, Australian National University)
Provides technical descriptions of some solar thermal collecting systems.
http://engnet.anu.edu.au/DEresearch/solarthermal/high_temp/concentrators/basics.php
Tapping into the sun (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
An article on photovoltaic cells with case studies.
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/old/16631.pdf
How Stuff Works, USA
- How solar cells work
Examines how solar cells convert the sun's energy into electricity.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell.htm
- How power grids work
Looks at the equipment that brings electricity to your home.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/power.htm/printable
Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- Solar thermal
Lists technologies that use energy from the sun to produce electricity or heat.
http://www.environment.gov.au/archive/settlements/renewable/recp/solar/index.html
- Solar cities: A vision of the future
Outlines the Government’s Solar Cities project, in which seven Australian cities will participate.
http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/solarcities/index.html
Map of operating renewable energy generators in Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Provides maps of proposed and operational renewable energy generators across Australia.
http://www.ga.gov.au/renewable/
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Martin Green (In Conversation, 6 November 2008)
A transcript of an interview discussing photovoltaic research in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2008/2406033.htm
- Prospects for photovoltaics (Science Show, 18 October 2008)
Provides an update on solar voltaic technology in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2008/2394293.htm
- Solar future (Catalyst, 27 July 2006)
Looks at a number of promising solar technologies being developed.
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1698520.htm
- Dye solar cell (Catalyst,18 November 2004)
Describes the development of a new type of solar cell that does not use silicon.
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1241478.htm
- Sunrise
or sunset? (transcript from Earthbeat, 24 April 2004)
Discusses the current status in Australia of research into three types
of solar energy: photovoltaics, solar thermal energy and solar hot water.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s1093111.htm
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