Sde Boker makes solar energy viable

Sde Boker makes solar energy viable

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"The principle is to focus the light using little material," Feiman says. "We constructed a large, parabola-shaped glass plate. It not only absorbs the light, it also focuses it on one point, a thousand times more than regular sunlight."
According to Feiman, "an ordinary photovoltaic cell, which is 10 by 10 centimeters, normally produces one watt of electricity. We managed to extract more than a thousand times more - 1,500 watts. In this way, the cost of a cell is 1,500 less.

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Wow finnaly a break through in photovoltaic energy. This could be big time for the clean energy movement. As a electrician , I know first hand that the cost of labor and materials(mainly materials) is alot more expensive to have than what the general public can afford. This could be the break through that the general consumer needs.

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