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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 5235586" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>Ok, I read up on it. One of the reasons solar panels only convert at 30% efficiency, at best, is because IR light is too low energy for them to convert to electricity, and that causes the panels to heat up, which decreases their conversion rate. I've been reading for decades about the next idea that will revolutionize solar, decrease production costs, increase efficiency, etc. Nothing ever comes of it. They never seem to get anything to market.</p><p></p><p>This new thing is not really new, it operates on the same principal as a thermocouple. But they seem to have come up with a design that boosts efficiency up to 40 percent, putting it past solar panels in efficiency, and coal and oil powered steam turbines.</p><p></p><p>We'll see if they can scale it up. There hasn't been a good success rate with this sort of thing so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 5235586, member: 63706"] Ok, I read up on it. One of the reasons solar panels only convert at 30% efficiency, at best, is because IR light is too low energy for them to convert to electricity, and that causes the panels to heat up, which decreases their conversion rate. I've been reading for decades about the next idea that will revolutionize solar, decrease production costs, increase efficiency, etc. Nothing ever comes of it. They never seem to get anything to market. This new thing is not really new, it operates on the same principal as a thermocouple. But they seem to have come up with a design that boosts efficiency up to 40 percent, putting it past solar panels in efficiency, and coal and oil powered steam turbines. We'll see if they can scale it up. There hasn't been a good success rate with this sort of thing so far. [/QUOTE]
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