The title link is to a very optimistic article in Scientific American. It describes several new breakthroughs in photovoltaic cell design, and includes some cost figures as well.
Remember, "Enough sunlight bathes Earth's daytime half in an hour to meet all human energy needs for a year."
And while we are on solar, it looks like the endangered Desert Tortoise and solar-thermal developments are working out their issues, at least at a large site in the Mojave desert of northern California. Photo by USGS.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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