Kerry Pianoforte06.28.12
Dyesol Limited is poised to benefit from the Australian government’s R&D tax incentive with a tax rebate estimated at around AUD $3 million to be received within the next few months.
Dyesol operates a globally integrated R&D effort focused on commercialising the solar industry’s third generation, biomimetic nanotechnology called dye solar cells. Crossover of Dyesol’s scientific and process engineering R&D activities within regional projects in Australia, the U.S., Japan, South Korea and the UK, is a key element in the company’s collaborative global approach.
The Australian Government’s new R&D tax incentive replaced the R&D tax concession for years starting on or after July 1, 2011. It provides R&D tax offsets to encourage more companies to engage in R&D.
The R&D tax incentive provides a 45% refundable tax offset for eligible R&D entities, and for the first time, R&D work carried out overseas may also be included.
“A rebate from the Australian Government of around $3 million from the R&D tax incentive – which will be received within the next few months – is a huge support for a young, clean energy company like Dyesol,” said R&D manager Damion Milliken. “R&D work for a new technology can be very expensive and requires an investment of time as well as money. The fact that the Australian government is recognizing this and helping us reach our goal of commercializing third generation Dye Solar Cell technology for the building integrated photovoltaics mass market is a big deal for us.”
Dyesol’s key projects are for DSC-enabled steel roofing and DSC-enabled glass – both of which target the building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market. DSC technology is a good match for the BIPV market because the technology works well in low light conditions such as cloudy/hazy days, winter, shade, at dawn and dusk, and is less sensitive to the angle of incidence of light than other solar technologies, so it can be applied vertically to building facades in dense, shaded urban environments.
Dyesol operates a globally integrated R&D effort focused on commercialising the solar industry’s third generation, biomimetic nanotechnology called dye solar cells. Crossover of Dyesol’s scientific and process engineering R&D activities within regional projects in Australia, the U.S., Japan, South Korea and the UK, is a key element in the company’s collaborative global approach.
The Australian Government’s new R&D tax incentive replaced the R&D tax concession for years starting on or after July 1, 2011. It provides R&D tax offsets to encourage more companies to engage in R&D.
The R&D tax incentive provides a 45% refundable tax offset for eligible R&D entities, and for the first time, R&D work carried out overseas may also be included.
“A rebate from the Australian Government of around $3 million from the R&D tax incentive – which will be received within the next few months – is a huge support for a young, clean energy company like Dyesol,” said R&D manager Damion Milliken. “R&D work for a new technology can be very expensive and requires an investment of time as well as money. The fact that the Australian government is recognizing this and helping us reach our goal of commercializing third generation Dye Solar Cell technology for the building integrated photovoltaics mass market is a big deal for us.”
Dyesol’s key projects are for DSC-enabled steel roofing and DSC-enabled glass – both of which target the building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market. DSC technology is a good match for the BIPV market because the technology works well in low light conditions such as cloudy/hazy days, winter, shade, at dawn and dusk, and is less sensitive to the angle of incidence of light than other solar technologies, so it can be applied vertically to building facades in dense, shaded urban environments.