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Ariz. Team Seeks Fossil-Fuel Cost Parity, Using Solar Energy Concentrators

Posted by timothy on from the all-I-want-is-a-big-solar-oven dept.

autospa writes "A University of Arizona engineering team led by Roger Angel has designed a new type of solar concentrator that uses half the area of solar (PV) cells used by other optical devices and delivers a light output/concentration that is over 1000 times more concentrated before it even hits the cells. This comes as a result of a broader goal to make solar energy cost competitive with fossil fuels (target = 1$/W) without the 'need for government subsidization.'"

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  1. Which government subsidization? by timeOday · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's hard to count all the ways our oil economy is supported and subsidized by the government. And we haven't even started cleaning up the mess yet.

  2. Re:Still the same problem as with all solar by Aighearach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If only somebody would invent some sort of device that could store electricity for later use.

    Then I could finally ditch the diesel generator I have to drag around to keep my mp3 player running!