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1 posted on 12/07/2014 8:47:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Plants accomplish the same process with about 90% efficiency during the first stage of photosynthesis.
2 posted on 12/07/2014 8:53:45 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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There could very well be a time when solar power makes sense in certain parts of the world.Australia is basically one huge desert.We have desert areas in this country.Maybe other parts of the world as well.But northern Europe,northern parts of North America? Hard to see that happening.
3 posted on 12/07/2014 8:53:48 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Jimmy Carter;No Longer The Worst President In My Lifetime)
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http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/breakthrough-worlds-most-efficient-solar-panel/

It beats the previous laboratory best of 32 percent, Semprius said, citing testing and certification from Spain’s Instituto de Energia Solar at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Semprius late last year announced a breakthrough in the 41 percent efficient solar cells it builds into its modules. Cells typically are more efficient than the overall module.


4 posted on 12/07/2014 8:56:25 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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My first lesson in the laws of thermodynamics came when dad gave me a solar cell and I wanted to try to get the solar cell to light a bulb to shine on the cell to light the bulb...

I have yet to apply what, as a 7 year-old, I learned of First Law and conservation of energy to my personal energy [in]efficiencies in pursuing female companionship.

5 posted on 12/07/2014 8:58:17 PM PST by Rodamala
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I’m confident the efficiency will come, it’s a matter of R&D and material science developments. Heck, 30 years ago no one would have believed how efficient the internal combustion engine would become, or that smartphones could be so cheap even people on welfare would have them ;-)

Keep the government OUT of it, and most importantly, STOP providing incentives for sub-optimal technology. Let capitalism work.


12 posted on 12/07/2014 10:07:03 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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The achievement was made using focused sunlight, and could have implications in photovoltaic power, the University of New South Wales reported.

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Which means it may have no implications whatsoever.


15 posted on 12/07/2014 11:00:48 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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The prototype also boasts an optical bandpass filters that work to capture the sunlight that is normally wasted by modern solar cells...

In addition to the grammatical mistake, this statement makes no sense.

18 posted on 12/08/2014 3:34:20 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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hmmm


21 posted on 12/08/2014 3:45:55 AM PST by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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