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Solar Power Company Offers Cheapest Electricity Ever

Annika Tostengard — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:38:45 +0000

The record for the cheapest electricity has been broken yet again, this time by two Nevada solar companies, who have made a deal with a subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The deal has yet to be approved by Nevada regulators, but it is expected that they will make a decision by the end […]

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PETE: The New Solar Cell Manufacturing Process Gives Increased Efficiency

Mike Sandru — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:27:40 +0000

"This is really a conceptual breakthrough, a new energy conversion process, not just a new material or a slightly different tweak.It is actually something fundamentally different about how you can harvest energy," said Nick Melosh, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, who led the research group.

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Iron Pyrite Used for Cheaper Solar Panels

Florin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:25:32 +0000

Many of today's solar panels use silicon for transforming solar energy into electrical energy. But this is not only quite expensive, but also can be in shortage.

The study the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has performed and recently published tells us that there are many cheaper and abundant alternatives to silicon. One of them is iron pyrite, a quite common resource.

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