World Solar Challenge – Australia

World Solar Challenge- Australia

The World Solar Challenge is the self-described ultimate challenge in sustainable energy. Teams from all over the world design and build cars that are powered 100% from solar energy, which they then race in a competition that crosses the entire continent of Australia, from Darwin to Adelaide.

One of the youngest teams to compete in the 2009 World Solar Challenge race will be a group of 12 to 15-year-old students from the Willetton Senior High School in Perth, led by their award-winning science teacher Darren Hamley.

by PV.TV

The Author

I took an interest in the Australian energy sector close to ten years ago and since then have monitored the trends, technologies and direction of the Australian Energy Market. I was drawn to the Australian solar market in 2008 and since then have worked heavily in the field. I am partnered with national and international solar energy companies, from manufacturers of solar panel and inverter technology, online software developers that introduce tools to quote, monitor and manage solar power systems and media organisations who like myself, closely monitor the solar and renewable energy sector.