Cheap efficient solar panels?3 Oct 2017 19:57
"Nanotech Engineering's graphene-enhanced solar panel gains MIT's approval
Nanotech Engineering announced that MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has verified the technology of its new Nanopanel, a solar panel that is declared as 92% efficient (as opposed to around 20% for traditional large panels).
Nanotech Engineering's Nanopanel is described as a solar panel with layers of Graphene as the base, a carbon nanotube forest on top with a mineral solution that can come in any color to match the home. “The panel is slightly thicker and wider than a FedEx envelope, yet stronger than steel, flexible, lightweight, flexible and about half the cost of traditional panels,” said Nanotech.
The CEO of Nanotech said, “We are pleased to have such a prestigious University verify what we already knew, that our Nanopanel is the next and last generation of solar panels”. Nanotech adds that while the nationwide average cost per Watt for Solar is $3.26, the Nanopanel cost per watt is only .55 cents.
Jeffrey Grossman, Professor of Engineering, MIT, said: “Pound for pound, the new solar cells produce up to 1,000 times more power than conventional photovoltaics”. In their study of graphene for solar panel use, he also stated, “Such panels surpass any substance other than reactor-grade uranium in terms of energy produced per pound of material, graphene packs hundreds of times more power per weight than conventional solar cells.”
This is at https://www.graphene-info.com/nanotech-engineerings-graphene-enhanced-solar-panel-gains-mits-approval
As I see it this is huge: if solar panels become cheap and truly efficient - and this is about 10 leaps forward - the demand for storage will ROCKET. Cheap solar is great: but it depends on and necessitates storage. Combined it seems there is hardly a limit to this tech. Forgive my hyperbole! May be getting ahead of myself. Correction welcome. But if I'm right, and if this is real, it's not just great for us, it's great for the world. Sure I'm being simplistic, but we really do have to find an answer to global warming, and this could be a massive part of it. Maybe even with RedT trailing in the wake.... :)))
Unfortunately I think this is a private company. :(
How is anyone else investing graphene, by the way?