The DoE's National Renewable Energy Lab and Silicon Valley start-up Optony will be working together to wed their thin-film and concentrating solar power technologies in an effort to develop lower cost solar photovoltaic systems.
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Bringing Down the Cost of Solar PV: A Match Made in Heaven?
(via www.globalwarmingisreal.com)
Submitted by malaprop on Tue, 2008-07-15 09:08. | Tags: technology | concentrating+solar+power | CSP | nrel | NREL+solar+power | Optony | solar+power | Solar+PV | thin+film+solar

Solar Thermal Islands: cool concept or pipe dream?
(via cleantechnica.com)
This concept claims it can boost solar thermal efficiency by 15% without any new or expensive technology. How? Build and island.
Submitted by Winoria on Mon, 2008-05-26 13:40. | Tags: design | technology | concent | CSP | design | Efficiency | energy | environment | green | Renewable Energy | solar energy | technology