Even those among us who spend a fair deal of time daydreaming about living in a solar-powered home may stop short of actually shopping for the required equipment. You can’t just hop down to Home Depot and pick up a photovoltaic rig, after all, and we all know it’s expensive.
Happily, some pioneers are making themselves guinea pigs and sharing their experiences with anyone who’s interested.
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MIT Team Develops More Efficient Solar Concentrator
By Harriet Blake
An engineering team at MIT has developed a new solar concentrator that doubles as a window and generates more electricity with fewer solar cells than typical solar panels — moving toward the day when on-site solar power might make fiscal sense for homeowners.
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Tags: · Marc Baldo, MIT, Solar Concentrator, Solar Panel
