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German Startup Develops Tinted Windows That Generate Electricity

Posted April 19, 2012 9:58 AM

From ExtremeTech:

The next great advance in solar power generation is always right around the corner, right? New solar technologies are often much less impressive in practice than they are on paper, but a startup called Heliatek may finally have something to really shake up the energy sector.

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04/19/2012 10:18 AM

interesting,

Problem is, its turning a percentage of light into energy, such as:....

The Heliatek solar panels convert 9.8% of light into electricity, whereas regular solar panels can slurp up 15% or more.

I guess atleast its a comparison, but no difinte numbers?

100% of nothing is the same as 15% of nothing.

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04/19/2012 8:27 PM

Generating power with solar based energy devices in any form is only part of the issue.

Converting that produced energy to a usable form and quantity is the other.
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