Move over Elon: global energy prize goes to Australia's solar guru

UNSW professor Martin Green, who revolutionised photovoltaics, says sun ’s power is ‘the best option out there’The “father of PV” – University of New South Wales professor Martin Green – has become the first Australian to win the global energy prize from a shortlist that included Tesla’s Elon Musk.UNSW said Green had been selected from 44 contenders from 14 countries by a committee of leading scientists to share the $820,000 prize with Russian scientist Sergey Alekseenko, an expert in thermal power engineering.Continue reading...
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