Sunshot was created with the aim of making solar power cost competitive with fossil fuels by 2020 and it has made significant strides toward that goal by supporting the development of.
Desert knowledge solar panels.
These panels are part of the desert knowledge australia solar centre dkasc which is located about 9km south of alice springs.
Thanks in part to research funded by the energy department s sunshot initiative photovoltaic solar panels have gotten dramatically cheaper over the past decade.
The desert knowledge australia solar centre puts panels through their paces.
Once you do that you can navigate the site as follows.
Here s a walk through of how desert knowledge australia s solar panel monitoring system works.
The desert knowledge australia solar centre dkasc is a demonstration facility for a range of solar technologies operating in the arid conditions of alice springs central australia with datasets spanning more than 10 years of operation and counting.
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Government and administered by the northern territory government.
Sunpower winaico q cells tindo do well the desert knowledge australia solar centre isn t just a mouthful it s also where they test a range of solar panels and display their performance on the internet for everyone to see.
Other images envision how developers could harness the desert s abundance of sunlight to produce food alongside electricity.
There are more than a hundred different brands of solar panels and other solar equipment on the market at any given point.
In this article we ll discuss how solar panel manufacturers stack up to one another and who makes the best solar panels.
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First go to the dka solar centre map then click on the arrow at the top right of the screen that says the data.
Operating since 2008 the desert knowledge australia solar centre dkasc is a real life demonstration of solar technologies spanning many types ages makes models and configurations.