NEW CHEAPER SOLAR

New-generation solar panels far cheaper, more efficient: scientists

Magdalena Mis, January 27, 2015 (Reuters)

“A new generation of solar panels made from a mineral called perovskite has the potential to convert solar energy into household electricity more cheaply than ever before, according to [Exeter University research]…Super-thin, custom-colored panels attached to a building's windows may become a "holy grail" for India and African countries [by shading windows and producing electricity]…With a thickness measured in billionths of a meter, solar panels made of perovskite will be more than 40 percent cheaper and 50 percent more efficient than those commercially produced today…Unlike other solar panels, those made of perovskite can absorb most of the solar spectrum and work in various atmospheric conditions, rather than only in direct sunlight…Researchers have already tested the material in the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East…” click here for more

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