Thursday, November 6, 2008

New "Near Perfect" Solar Design Could Change Entire Industry

This may be huge, and then again it may be false, like so many other 'breakthrough disopcveries' for funding purposes of late. New "Near Perfect" Solar Design Could Change Entire Industry:
New coated cell 43 percent more efficient, can be easily produced with current production lines

Solar breakthroughs are relatively commonplace. However, typically they are iterative -- small increases by a percent or two in efficiency. Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have invented a new solar cell that is anything but iterative as it blows away past offerings by a large margin; something RPI calls a "game-changer" for the solar business.

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