Thomas Edison said these words to Henry Ford almost 80 years ago. And today, solar energy generation produces 0.1% of the energy used in the United States for electricity, heating, and transportation. Solar technology has come a long way, and yet we are quite far from what Edison envisioned becoming as widespread as his most famous inventions.
If the harnessing of sunlight is to become the cheapest form of energy,the easiest and quickest to install, and the safest, most dependable, and durable power source, we will need to achieve significant technological breakthroughs in solar energy collection, conversion, manufacturing, installation, operation, and upgrading.
An article in the May 2010 issue of Future Photovoltaics (www.futurepv.com) lays out one path to make solar a mainstream power source within one human generation. Capitalizing on the revolutionary achievements attained by the semiconductor, LCD, and microsystems industry, this article presents a way to put solar collection devices on almost anything and everything: open landscape, large built structures, vehicles, consumer gadgetry, and even the human body.
V. Gupta, J. Cruz-Campa, M. Okandan, G. Neilson, Microsystems-Enabled Photovoltaics: A Path to the Widespread Harnessing of Solar Energy. Future Photovoltaics (2010).
Download MEPV article in Future PV May 2010
Solar panels are definately the way of the future for a cleaner greener environment. Most governemnts have an incentive scheme these days
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I am seeking for the help from some professionals for my solar panel as its not working properly,Its been three year now.The problem is in the panels itself i think as it not getting charged well.
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In some community where electricity is not available non goverment organization are pushing solar panel. The income of the community is focused of buying one.
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Yes, I agree with your point if this solar energy becomes cheaper and then it would be totally accessable by everybody and we will have cleaner environment.
Posted by: Mike @ solar heating systems | August 31, 2011 at 09:46 PM
This can be a life-saver in the future when the Earth has run out of coal and gas! It is advised to put solar panels at your home to save your money and our world. You can also put it on your roofs as added protection from the heat of the sun! So how about that? I'm looking forward to seeing Edison tell that to Obama. LOL!
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