This sounds like a promising development. I wonder what the peak efficiency is for the other alternative energy sources. This one has a peak efficiency of 28.3%.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Record-breaking Solar Cells Tailored To Location | | from the new-and-improved dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 01, @19:56 (Power) | | http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/07/01/2230220 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]Urchin writes "The quality of sunlight varies depending on where you live, but off-the-shelf solar cells are all identical. [1]A new solar cell designed by UK firm Quantasol is easily tuned to adapt to the local light conditions, which boosts its long-term performance. Its short-term performance isn't bad though — the single junction solar cell has a peak efficiency greater than any previous device, beating a world record that's stood for 21 years." Discuss this story at: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/07/01/2230220 Links: 0. http://www.newscientist.com/ 1. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17401-recordbreaking-solar-cells-are-tailored-to-their-location.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
