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Big Solar Step: Super-Efficient System Sets Record
2014-12-16 14:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: A new world record is making the future of solar energy look pretty bright. Researchers in Australia recently developed a solar energy system that can convert more than 40 percent of the sunlight that hits it into electricity -- the highest efficiency ever reported for a commercially available photovoltaic system. The technology first achieved the record-breaking efficiency in outdoor tests in Sydney, Australia, and later at an outdoor test facility operated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical