Solar module manufacturer Tindo Solar has announced an order of 70 of its 430-watt Walara solar panels for the East Micronesia Cable (ESM) project, with these to be used to power data cable landing stations in Nauru and Kiribati. ESM is a 2,250 kilometre undersea data cable linking Tarawa in Kiribati, to Nauru and to Kosrae…
Sound can help brew beer faster, study finds University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers found playing audible sound (white noise) while making beer can reduce the fermentation process by 21-31 hours without significantly affecting the flavour, the university shared this week. Lead author Dr Parise Adadi, who completed the study as part of his PhD in…
Solar module maker Tindo Solar was recently awarded $34.5 million in federal government support. Here CEO Richard Petterson answers criticism about assistance to local companies in terms of the “potential unfair advantage” enjoyed by other nations selling into Australia. The big news in renewables last week was the government’s $34.5 million commitment to domestic manufacturing…
Tindo Solar, the nation’s lone producer of solar PV modules, has been awarded $34.5 million in ARENA support under the federal government’s Solar Sunshot Program. According to a statement from the company on Wednesday, this will assist: Increasing production from 20 megawatts to 180 megawatts per year; A feasibility study to develop a “Gigafactory” with…
Adelaide-based Tindo has joined forces with the University of New South Wales on two innovative projects aimed at boosting power output in solar cells through advanced TOPCon technology. The collaborations will explore Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact solar cell technology, which in laboratory testing can achieve around 27 per cent power conversion efficiency, compared to current…
Tindo Solar will supply 30 megawatts’ worth of solar PV panels, made at the company’s Adelaide factory, for installation at the Bowen Water Pipeline project. In a statement on Friday, the nation’s only solar panel manufacturer said it will supply these to the North Queensland project – managed by the Bowen Pipeline Company – over…
Geelong’s Bates turns 30 Geelong-based, family-owned business Bates Pipes & Products, a maker of precast concrete products for the civil infrastructure sector for three decades, has marked 30 years in operation. A profile by Geelong Manufacturing Council (of which Bates is a member) notes that the company was established in 1994 by father-and-son duo Bob…
Sparc, Flinders project backed by AEA grant Graphene business Sparc Technologies has announced that Flinders University, in partnership with Sparc, has been awarded funding under Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Ignite grant program. In a statement on Friday, the company said the 12-month project aims to accelerate development and validation of a graphene-enhanced material for use…
Australia’s only manufacturer of solar PV panels is beginning to build its local supply chain through an agreement with aluminium extrusion company Capral Aluminium in preparation for embarking on a project to build a massive new factory. While Tindo’s plans to increase its output to 1GW per annum are in the development stage, it has…
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen believes the government’s future made in Australia policies could ultimately see 20 percent of Australia’s solar PV panel needs satisfied by domestic production. Bowen was speaking on ABC Adelaide where visited Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer, Tindo Solar which has a one percent market share today.…