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| In world first, researchers convert sunlight to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency |
| 2014-12-09 |
| UNSW Australia's solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. The record efficiency was achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney, before being independently confirmed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at their outdoor test facility in the United States. The work was funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and supported by the Australia-US Institute for Advanced Photovoltaics (AUSIAPV). |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #2 A key part of the prototype's design is the use of a custom optical bandpass filter to capture sunlight that is normally wasted by commercial solar cells on towers and convert it to electricity at a higher efficiency than the solar cells themselves ever could. I don't get it. A band-pass filter removes part of the input. It doesn't shift the input frequency. Not clear how this can capture 'wasted' sunlight. Of course, the information has been passed thru a journalism filter... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-12-09 20:42 |
| #1 Will turn moonlight into gold with the proper feed in tariff. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-09 12:46 |