On the "solar" note some researchers/students at MIT came up with a new technology announced today:
"The work, to be reported in the July 11 issue of Science, involves the creation of a novel "solar concentrator." "Light is collected over a large area [like a window] and gathered, or concentrated, at the edges," explains Marc A. Baldo, leader of the work and the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. ... In addition, the focused light increases the electrical power obtained from each solar cell "by a factor of over 40," Baldo says. Because the system is simple to manufacture, the team believes that it could be implemented within three years--even added onto existing solar-panel systems to increase their efficiency by 50 percent for minimal additional cost. That, in turn, would substantially reduce the cost of solar electricity." Story: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solarcells-0710.html FAQ: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solarcells-faq-0710.html _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
