Former Tindo Solar CEO, Shayne Jaenisch, outlines how Australia’s renewables industry can avoid forced labour, cut waste, secure its supply chains and create a domestic manufacturing industry.
University of New South Wales researchers have teamed up with Tindo Solar to develop line of semi-transparent modules, specialised for agripv cropping, which will use nanoparticles tuned to capture different parts of the light spectrum. “There is evidence you don’t need the full spectrum and some plants will work even better if you provide them with only part of the spectrum,” project lead and UNSW Associate Professor Ziv Hameiri tells <b>pv magazine Australia</b>. Crucially, he says, the project will also open a line between farmers and solar researchers and industry, creating the potential for mutual benefits.
Vince Allen’s disruptive solar cell has broken world records and won investment from billionaires including Mike Cannon-Brookes. Now he’s determined to mass produce in Australia.
Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer, Tindo Solar, and the University of NSW have agreed to work together to develop a world-leading agriPV solar panel that blends photovoltaic (PV) energy with agricultural function.