New Spark patents pending
November 2010
Spark now has a total of three patents pending that relate specifically to module design. The new work targets three different areas: form, function and safety. ‘Form’ relates to a more aesthetic module design, ‘safety’ to the safety, particularly of roof-top PV systems and ‘function’ is about a higher power output over the life of the system.
Spark in BRW
8th July 2010
Spark featured in the July 8-14 edition of BRW in an article titled 'What Venture Capitalists Want'. The article explores the concept of an ideal partner from the perspective of both investor and entrepeneur. Download the article here.
Spark featured in Eco Investor
July 2010
Spark featured in the July 2010 edition of Eco Investor Magazine. 'Eco Investor magazine is Australia's specialist environmental investment magazine. It focuses on environmentally positive investments and helps investors to add and manage an environmental theme to their share portfolio.' Visit their website: ecoinvestor.com.au/. The article about Spark can be downloaded here.
Spark in Wholesale Investor magazine
10th May 2010
Spark is now featured in Wholesale Investor magazine. Wholesale Investor is Australia's largest specialist, private investment platform with over $300 Million of private opportunities available. Spark is excited to be one of the chosen companies accepted into the Magazine, as it is distributed to 5400 of Australia's corporate and private, business elite. To view Spark on Wholesale Investor go to wholesaleinvestor.com.au and search for the code SSA.
Visit us at Cleantech Forum 2010
12th Feb 2010
Spark Solar Australia is proud to announce that we are a silver sponsor at the 6th Australasian cleantech Forum in Melbourne, 22-24 March 2010. We invite you to visit our booth to discuss our exciting plans. For full details of the forum, please visit the official forum website.
Spark part of team short-listed for ACT Solar farm
21st Dec 2009
The ACT government today announced the short-list of tenderers to build own and operate the ACT 86,000 MWh per year solar facility. Spark Solar Australia is proud to be a key founding member of one of the successful bid teams, EMC Solar. Should the consortium's PV solar farm bid be successful, Spark will be in part responsible for supplying solar panels for the 55+ MW facility. The ACT government's press release can be found here, and further information about the ACT Solar Power Facility can be found here.
Spark at PVSEC in Hamburg
15th September 2009
Spark is off to Germany: our Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Dr Alex Hauser will join the 24th EUPVSEC in Hamburg from September 21st to 25th. Come and meet Alex in his homeland and catch up on the latest Spark news first-hand. Details of the conference can be found at the official conference website.
Watch Spark on ABC Stateline NSW
22nd May, 2009
Spark featured prominently on ABC Stateline NSW tonight: host Quentin Dempster presents an in-depth story into the potential for photovoltaic manufacturing in Australia and, using Spark as a case study, examines what would be required to reverse the intellectual property brain-drain and kick-start a sustainable solar manufacturing boom in Australia. Watch the full story here.
Industry expert endorses PV manufacturing in Australia
21st May 2009
Centrotherm CTO Dr Peter Fath today delivered a keynote address to a packed house at UNSW on the future of photovoltaics manufacturing and the enormous potential for manufacturing in Australia, before Spark's Dr Michelle McCann outlined their detailed plans for manufacturing high-tech solar products here in Australia using state-of-the-art technology and utilising Australia's enormous R&D skills-base in photovoltaic technology.
Spark gets the thumbs up from Rudd Government
9th Feb 2009
Spark Solar Australia is the first project to be awarded Major Project Facilitation status by the Rudd Labor Government. Read the Government's press release here. Read Spark's press release here.
