[Vo]:RE: [Vo]: 41% efficient solar cells

2007-04-11 Thread Michael Foster
Jed wrote: In December 2006, Boeing-Spectrolab announced a 40.7% efficient cell that costs $3,000 per kW of capacity. That's remarkable. I did not know these things were so advanced. See: http://www.energy.gov/news/4503.htm Yes, but these are not just the flat panel type photovoltaics we

[Vo]:Sili-Solar alternative ?

2007-04-11 Thread Jones Beene
Michael Foster's mention of the high efficiency solar cell requiring concentration of up to 500 suns raises an interesting point (in prior energy-conversion speculation) which I have been intending to revise for some time WRT solar input and employing the device known as the reverse gyrotron

[Vo]:Mosier-Boss ACS presentation and PowerPoint slides

2007-04-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mosier-Boss, P.A., et al. Pd/D Co-Deposition: Excess Power Generation and Its Origin (paper and PowerPoint slides). in 233rd ACS National Meeting. 2007. Chicago, IL. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/MosierBosspddcodepos.pdf I combined the presentation and PowerPoint slides in one file. Let me

[Vo]:Re: [Vo]:RE: [Vo]: 41% efficient solar cells

2007-04-11 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Michael Foster's message of Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:39:26 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] Jed wrote: In December 2006, Boeing-Spectrolab announced a 40.7% efficient cell that costs $3,000 per kW of capacity. That's remarkable. I did not know these things were so advanced. See: