Here Comes the Solar

May 2, 2007, 1:32 pm

Posted by WSJ.com Staff

Researchers at the University of New South Wales — working at the well-named ARC Photovoltaics Center of Excellence — say they have found a way to boost a solar cell’s light-trapping ability by up to 50%, according to a report in Australia’s The Advertiser (owned by that Murdoch fellow and thus perhaps a soon-to-be sister publication of The Wall Street Journal).

The advance could make solar power much cheaper, making it possible to power an “average” house with just 10 square meters of solar panels, The Advertiser says.

“[T]he solar revolution is coming,” responds Lou Grinzo, who tipped Energy Roundup to the development on his Cost of Energy blog, adding “it will be the biggest game-changer in energy technology during the lifetime of anyone reading this. continue...