Richard Corkish

Chief Operating Officer, Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics. Research interest: Level 1: Sustainability assessment of different solar cells, modules, end-of-life processes. Level 2: End-of-life management (including reverse logistics, reuse and recycling) of solar modules. Level 3: Remote renewable energy systems that can benefit the lives of people in remote islands of the Pacific Ocean. Interest in engineering: Why did you get into engineering? I got into engineering to combine my desires for improving the world and natural environment with solving technical problems. What are your research goals? Participate and support driving photovoltaics prices even lower and lives even longer than now, leading to realisation of expectations to wipe out fossil fuel and nuclear electricity. Help the remote communities in remote Pacific islands to access sustainable and affordable energy services. What do people not understand about what you do? A few people choose to not understand that solar photovoltaic generated is remarkably cheap, ready and able to replace the fossil fuel economy that has supported our past and will destroy our future if we allow it to persist. Advice for prospective School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy engineers: This is an exciting opportunity to marry a desire to work with technology and a desire to improve the environmental and social conditions for billions of people. Lectures/Courses taught: SOLA1070 Sustainable Energy, SOLA4951, 4952, 4953, SOLA9451, 9452, 9453. Students (delete section if not applicable): Student Projects: Renewable Energy (solar, hydro, geothermal) in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. A financial payback model for recycling silicon solar modules. Looking for students for projects related to: Sustainability assessment for photovoltaic cells, modules and processes for aggregation, reuse and recycling. Solar module end-of-life technology. Professional Organisations and Consulting positions: PV Technical Committee Member, IEEE Electron Devices Society. Editorial Board Member, IoP Progress in Energy. Advisory Committee, National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, IIT Bombay. Awards, Grants, Patents: Awards: IAG Eureka Prize for Innovative Solutions to Climate Change, 2008. Grants: NSW EPA, E3Sixty Solar: Circular Solar Trial. Australia US Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics/ Australian Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics (and extensions). Solar cells; solar energy; renewable energy; sustainable energy. crystalline silicon solar cells, silicon photovoltaics, recycling, renewable energy, lca, life cycle analysis. Photovoltaic devices (solar cells), Photovoltaic power systems, Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling, Life cycle assessment and industrial ecology, Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells. Level 1: Sustainability assessment of different solar cells, modules, end-of-life processes. Level 2: End-of-life management (including reverse logistics, reuse and recycling) of solar modules. Level 3: Remote renewable energy systems that can benefit the lives of people in remote islands of the Pacific Ocean. Recycling of silicon solar cells, modules, systems. Life cycle assessment of solar cells, modules, systems. Renewable energy (solar, hydro, geothermal) implementation in remote Pacific islands.