{"id":4448,"date":"2025-04-11T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/04\/11\/co-inventor-of-solar-panels-on-nuclear-vs-renewables-abc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:04:32","slug":"co-inventor-of-solar-panels-on-nuclear-vs-renewables-abc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/04\/11\/co-inventor-of-solar-panels-on-nuclear-vs-renewables-abc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-inventor of solar panels on nuclear vs renewables &#8230; | ABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wlnWjLW9RKg?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-04-10\/act-solar-and-nuclear-experts\/105155684\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-04-10\/act-solar-and-nuclear-experts\/105155684<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Russell Mowbray lives in one of the 39 per cent of all Australian homes that have solar panels. <\/p>\n<p>His house renovation doesn&#8217;t include loads of energy features, that are in his words &#8220;the bee&#8217;s knees&#8221;, but what his growing family can afford. <\/p>\n<p>Modern day solar panels have their origins in suburban Canberra.<\/p>\n<p>When ANU professor of engineering Andrew Blakers switched to studying solar energy in the 1980s, it was a little-known niche industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I started, solar energy was a very small endeavour, small panels in remote areas and on satellites \u2026 and today, it is a global juggernaut,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. 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