Solar energy is gaining considerable attention from Wall Street and countries looking to achieve energy independence. Solar energy represents one of the most significant energy solutions to help eradicate our addiction to oil. Despite the tremendous success offered with solar photovoltaic (PV), more research is required to sustain further deployment and achieve […]
Entries Tagged as 'Semiconductor Band Gaps'
Solar Energy Limits - Possible Constraints in Tellurium Production?
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Solar Efficiency · Energy Independence · Semiconductor Band Gaps · Solar Energy Economics · Energy Security · Carbon and Climate · Solar Energy · Alternative Energy · Energy Costs · Carbon Economics · Solar Stocks
Economics of Solar Energy – price parity and efficiency: Are we there yet?
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments
With the Solar Decathlon is taking place in Washington DC today promoting commercially available solar energy technology and oil prices pushing to an all time high of $84/barrel, where are we in terms of cost parity with hydrocarbon fuels. Advances in solar energy technology, lower production costs, and rapidly rising oil costs […]
Tags: Energy Security · Oil Energy · Solar Efficiency · Semiconductor Band Gaps · Solar Energy Economics · Hydrocarbon Fuels · Fuel Costs · Solar Energy · Alternative Energy · Energy Costs · Fuel Efficiency · Solar Stocks
What’s Pushing Solar Energy Efficiency?
October 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
From our post last week we visited some research at California Institute of Technology’s division of Chemical and Chemical Engineering The Lewis Group and its focus on energy conversion and trade-offs between costs and efficiencies for photovoltaic (PV) devices.
We are providing a brief and very oversimplified analysis of the physics behind […]
Tags: Solar Efficiency · Semiconductor Band Gaps · Energy Security · Energy Costs · Solar Energy · Alternative Energy · Energy Economics