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 ==== Solar energy ==== ==== Solar energy ====
  
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   * epoxLite   * epoxLite
   * http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionFS.html   * http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionFS.html
 +  * flexible thinfilm -> http://store.sundancesolar.com/powulflexthi.html
  
  
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 === notes === === notes ===
  
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 Q: "The US, in particular, could not with current technology produce enough energy through solar means to power the country to its current level even if we papered every single square inch in solar cells." Q: "The US, in particular, could not with current technology produce enough energy through solar means to power the country to its current level even if we papered every single square inch in solar cells."
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   * Capacity of, say, Delaware covered in NT-R5E1U's: 868 gigawatts   * Capacity of, say, Delaware covered in NT-R5E1U's: 868 gigawatts
   * US power grid capacity: 776 gigawatts   * US power grid capacity: 776 gigawatts
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 IE, you'd need less than 1% of Texas using off-the-shelf solar cells to equal the power generating capacity of the entire US grid. IE, you'd need less than 1% of Texas using off-the-shelf solar cells to equal the power generating capacity of the entire US grid.
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- +  * http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan&page=1 
-vertical multijunction (VMJ) cell http://wire0.ises.org/wire/glossary.nsf/H/O?Open&00005F7E +  * vertical multijunction (VMJ) cell http://wire0.ises.org/wire/glossary.nsf/H/O?Open&00005F7E 
- +  * http://www.ensargroup.com/ 
----- +  * "Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen" > http://www.physorg.com/news122534699.html
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-from; http://blog.modernmechanix.com/ 
  
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 related: [[Renewable Energy]] / / [[Category Energy]] related: [[Renewable Energy]] / / [[Category Energy]]
  
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