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Sony’s Hana Mado Solar Panel Brings Fun Back to Solar Cells

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Sony’s Hana Mado Solar Panel Brings Fun Back to Solar Cells

Photo via Gizmag The ability of a solar cell to turn light into electricity is exciting. However, solar cells themselves are boring, and usually ugly too. That’s one of the reasons why integrating them into fashion and home decor has been so difficult. But Sony aims to change that with a new product called Hana Mado, or “Flower Window,” introduced at the Eco Products 2010 exhibition in Tokyo last weekend. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Spectrolab is Starting Mass-Production of 39.2% Efficient Concentrating Solar Cell

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Spectrolab is Starting Mass-Production of 39.2% Efficient Concentrating Solar Cell

Image: Spectrolab Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary Spectrolab , a subsidiary of Boeing, has announced that it is starting mass-production of a very efficient concentrating solar cell, the C3MJ+ (the datasheet above is for the C3MJ, the “plus” version is a newer, slightly more efficient model). With an efficiency at converting sunlight into electricity of 39.2%, this cell would be the most efficient on the market. “Last year we set a new world record for efficiency with a test cell that peaked at 41.6 percent. We now have entered production with ess… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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