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Viable Solar Power Plants May Be On The Horizen

Started by sbspalding · 1 year ago

Typically, solar power has been a difficult technology to commercialize on a large scale. The problems are efficiency and cost. Your average solar panel only converts between 8 and 15% of the light incident on it, the rest is absorbed as heat or otherwise wasted.
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6 comments

  • Horizen?
  • As it turns out, I was actually referring to
    Höri,
    a municipality in Switzerland and zen, namely, the Zen school of Buddhism. I
    concatenated the two as a . . .

    Blah, thanks for the heads up mate. :)
  • Great article. I really hope more starts follow California in trying to produce more efficient sources of energy that will not harm the environment.
  • Home solar panels aid in the solar power energy that can reduce or evne replace the use of other electricity options.
  • Great article. The solar industry is getting better. Although it depends where you are. In California for example a lot more homeowners are looking at solar panel installation as option to save on their energy bills.
  • Solar really gets better today, and it has a lot of benefits now than before..

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