[Peakoil-announce] TUESDAY: Dr Blakers on Sliver Cells and Renewable Energy's Potential

[Robert Wiblin]

No meeting tomorrow - enjoy your public holiday!

RENEWABLES: OUR MOST VIABLE OPTION
Professor Andrew Blakers, presented by the ANU Zero Emissions Society
Venue: 	Manning Clarke T6
Date: 	Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Time: 	1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Can renewable energy replace fossil fuels in Australia? Can Australia
play an important part in the growing renewable energy industry? The
worldwide renewables industry is worth over $100 billion per year and
is doubling in size every 20 months. Australia has real innovative
strength, especially in photovoltaics, and could play a big part, with
environmental, employment and other economic benefits to follow.
However policy settings elsewhere are far more attractive.

Among the multitude of renewable energies available, solar - with a
resource a thousand times larger than current energy consumption –
will be the most important in the long-term. Learn about the prospects
for replacing fossil energy with renewable energy such as this,
especially in Australia.

Professor Andrew Blakers is the Director of the Centre for Sustainable
Energy Systems at ANU, and an inventor of the sliver cell. The Centre
works in the area of photovoltaic and photovoltaic-thermal hybrid
energy systems. Research projects include photovoltaic fundamentals,
advanced solar cell design, Sliver solar cells, the PV-thermal solar
concentrator on Bruce Hall and the "zero emission house" concept.

Thanks to Katja for organising.

http://billboard.anu.edu.au/event_view.asp?id=19618

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