The future of residential Solar Power?
July 10th 2007 by joe in PV, Solar Power, New-Tech 
The people at Prism Solar seem to think so… The picture is of a 25watt panel using dramatically less silicon for the collection area then standard panels. This is made possible because the light hits the whole surface of the panel and is eventually refracted into the silicon via a transparent holographic optical element.
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According to this article in Technology Review, Manufacturing costs could start at or under $2.40 a watt, Eventually to get even lower as the process is refined.
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The concept has been around for a couple decades now but it has yet to be developed commercially. There are many new and exciting technologies for increasing our efficiency and lowering costs of solar power. While I drool at the thought of a lifetime-lasting PV panel new at under $3.00 a watt I will believe it when I see it.
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