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Greetings, All -- Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv claim new photovoltaic technology that costs at least one hundred times less than conventional silicon-based devices. The device is based on a genetically engineered dry proteins photosystem called PS I that -- importantly -- emininates the need for an expensive cooling system. PS I is expected to cost about $1 (one dollar) per square meter of panels compared with a cost of about $200 (two hundred dollars) per square meter for panels using silicon.

"The Israeli team is set to challenge others who are using photosynthesis for photovoltaic cells, including universities such as Cambridge in the U.K., and Stanford, M.I.T, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and the Universities of Tennessee and Arizona in the U.S, and several others. "


-- Bill Brown


http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2074...

William M. Brown
Sage West Consultants & The Climate Project
Energy Science, Law, Architecture
Arroyo Hondo & Taos, New Mexico

Email: nmglobalwarming@yahoo.com
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22 responses // Researchers claim photovoltaic cell advance

  • It is always great to see invention like this challenging the old ways.
    twodee
  • Yes, this sounds promising...
    jjmaster
  • its about time we got some good news out of israel
    blackdaylight
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  • watch this comment being used here, here, here, here, here and here
    I always why we don't first look at how nature does it when we engineer and design. . . . I think we are getting better at doing that.
    Nawid
  • 25% efficiency is more than double the 10% average that current solar panels are capable of, so this is really a step forward. That price is unbelievable as well. With that you could cover your entire roof with these panels for what used to be the price of only a few.
    NcSchu
  • Sweet. Put me down for a set. Great Mother's Day gift.
    huntre
  • wonderful, i can't wait to afford it once i get a house
    diode
  • Yes, TouchArt, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

    On the threshold of this new age, this is one of the many technological advances that will allow us to progress into a much more nonhostile global society...if they can keep the oil tycoons from buying it and shelving it like they did the electric auto for fifty plus years so they could get fat off of the crude...if they can keep the fatcats from buying it and turning it into another mega money sceme...

    I will also be looking forward to purchasing and helping to develop this new product for to get weaned from the dependence on conventional energy sources.

    Now, if they will only find a way to keep the price down...many women will be happy this mother's day...

    Ship a bunch of those to Iraq...their utilities have mysteriously been greatly deminished of late...
    PlatoTacius
  • Wow. Just wow.
    ocanada
  • Awesome!! :-)
    Ice_cream_Man
  • Totally changing the rules !

    Brilliant
    Purdey
  • This is excellent!!! a affordable solution.
    IriEonE
  • Let's hear it for energy independence! YAY!
    Scudettostarved
  • I want this product NOW!
    offer myself to be betatester ;-)
    varude
  • i'd buy it. watch out for those sneaky patent laws though.
    7c0m9
  • Can someone keep us updated on the release and sales of this product PLEASE!!! HIGH ENERGY COSTS ARE KILLING ME!!
    hawabeans
  • It makes me want to stick my tongue out at all the gloom and doom folks. Humans are smart and we will find a way to save our environment, especially if there's a profit to be made.
    patsarts
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sensitized_solar_cells
    I like the drive by fruiting aspect with the addition of raspberries to reduce the dye cost....

    enter the humble raspberry.

    http://www.coffee.net/articles/raspberry-solar-cell.htm...
    1Eco_Media
  • It's always good to hear about new technology that will help us out in these troubled times. But with America's lawmakers, it maybe some time before we ever see it.
    Tomcatt
  • http://www.solarpowerconference.com/
    Check out the Solar Energy Conference scheduled for October 13-16, 2008.

    Call and write your congress people tell them you want clean, green, sustainable electricity and energy.

    You can contact your Members of Congress through the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121).

    You can find contact email, fax numbers and contact info for Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other congressional leaders and your representatives at - http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.t...
    TouchArt
  • uh-oh...

    "The device is based on a genetically engineered dry proteins photosystem ..."

    GMOs... can't allow that! Not Safe! What if those photocells start multiplying out of control over all of our housetops?!?!?!??!?!?

    :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

    at least they ARE DRY systems... i was worried about having to feed them....
    plusaf

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