14-04-2024, 11:06 AM
I think the technology looks sound to me, its more the time it takes with R&D to get a reliable product to the market.
Solar has the biggest potential for clean energy, especially with the likes of sodium ion batteries, that will be the real gamechanger IMHO.
Prices should drop dramatically once enough companies ramp up production.
Current solar panels are only 22% efficient at best and depending on the brand can perform very poorly on a cloudy day, so having more energy efficient solar panels is a huge breakthrough.
I think we have gained about an extra 5% efficiency improvement with current technology over the past 20 years, im sure we could be much further ahead had enough money been directed at this decades ago.
Funny how oil companies such as BP were doing solar for a bit and then pulled out of the market?
Solar has the biggest potential for clean energy, especially with the likes of sodium ion batteries, that will be the real gamechanger IMHO.
Prices should drop dramatically once enough companies ramp up production.
Current solar panels are only 22% efficient at best and depending on the brand can perform very poorly on a cloudy day, so having more energy efficient solar panels is a huge breakthrough.
I think we have gained about an extra 5% efficiency improvement with current technology over the past 20 years, im sure we could be much further ahead had enough money been directed at this decades ago.
Funny how oil companies such as BP were doing solar for a bit and then pulled out of the market?