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Corning Willow Glass used to make flexible solar power roofing shingles, could lower the cost of solar power significantly
2013-07-03 14:25:44| Extremetech
The US government's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has built flexible solar cells out of Corning's Willow Glass. These new solar cells are strong enough that they could eventually replace roofing shingles, which would significantly shrink the biggest barrier to mass adoption of solar power: the cost of installation.
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