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RENEWABLE POWER FROM SOLAR ENERGY IT JUST MAKES SENSE

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Solar energy was once thought too inefficient to be a dependable source of renewable energy, but that is changing thanks to improvements in technology.

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R E N E W A B L E P O W E R F R O M S O L A R E N E R G Y

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Improvements to solar technology are growing at lightning speed.

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The International Energy Agency predicted it might well be the most promising and largest

source of electricity on the globe by 2050.

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There’s some exciting news out of Cambridge University regarding a groundbreaking approach

to cranking up the efficiency of solar cells.

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Researchers and scientists predict this new method ‘could smash the solar efficiency ceiling.’

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The new breed of solar cells consists of both organic and inorganic properties.

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Typically, the majority of solar cells are constructed from inorganic silicon semiconductors.

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Typically, the majority of solar cells are constructed from inorganic silicon semiconductors.

These fall short of the efficiency of organic semiconductors.

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Organic pentacene provides the output of two electrons, doubling the production of the semiconductor.

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Solar Energy efficiency has grown steadily over the past years, and is expected to continue, all the way to 95%

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There is no such thing as power to spare in our world today. A recent heatwave in Los Angeles amped up demand for electricity so high that blackouts were experienced all over the city.

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Solar Power is Important, even more important than most voters know.

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R E N E W A B L E P O W E R F R O M S O L A R E N E R G Y

I T J U S T M A K E S S E N S E