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Norwegians trap sunlight with microbeads, produce solar cells that are 20 times thinner, cheaper

2013-01-29 16:08:18| Extremetech

Researchers from the University of Oslo have used a bunch of "wonderful tricks" to produce silicon solar cells that are twenty times thinner than commercial solar cells. This breakthrough means that solar cells can be produced using 95% less silicon, reducing production costs considerably -- both increasing profits (which are almost nonexistent at the moment), and reducing the cost of solar power installations.

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Solar power cheaper than coal: one company says its cracked the code

2013-01-25 19:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Over time I`ve grown more and more suspicious of stories about breakthrough technologies. I always think back to those heady days of EEStor, the guys who were going to make a battery that would revolutionize grid storage and electric cars alike. "EEStor CEO says game-changing energy storage device coming by 2010! As you may have noticed, 2010 came and went and the game remains unchanged. All of which is to say, regarding the post to follow: caveat lector. Still, this looks very, very cool....

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