Intellectual Property: Can Australia Clean Up on Clean Tech?

Australia has had notable triumphs with innovation, but when it comes to the emerging 21st century boom sector – clean tech – international experts say it's lagging. While Australia is a leader in solar, helping China successfully decrease energy intensity, rather than joining the global race to meet demand for green technologies and service, it's effectively on the sidelines tying its shoelaces."Quarry Australia"may be killing green manufacturing, but big opportunities also exist in R&D. Now a new program at the University of New South Wales, a frontrunner in solar innovation, is blazing another trail by giving away intellectual property for commercialisation.