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Australia’s Largest Rooftop Solar System Installed At The University of Queensland

Mike Sandru — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:20:32 +0000

Only 6 percent of the electricity generated by the system is enough to power the St. Lucia campus, which is not small, after all. It is estimated that the entire rooftop solar system is able to generate around 1.22MW of clean energy.

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Photocatalyst Used For Hydrogen Generation Awarded by University of Queensland

Mike Sandru — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:35:26 +0000

This year's UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award, consisting in $85,000 UQ, was won by Dr Yong Wang, from UQ's School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering. Dr Wang will dedicate his research to develop powerful photocatalysts that increase the efficiency of hydrogen production.

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New Cheap Plastic Stick-On Solar Cells Could Power Future Electric Cars

Mike Sandru — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:40:51 +0000

Scientists at the University of Queensland have designed stick-on solar cells made from low-cost plastics, being cheaper than the silicon panels fixed to rooftops.

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