Eco Factor: Solar panels using IBand technology brings the total efficiency above 35percent.
It’s overwhelming to see the world switch towards clean energy for power. Solar panels are a great way to go green, but as all good things have their own share of drawback this amazing source of renewable energy too has one. Normally solar panels are capable of trapping nearly 15percent of the sun’s rays. Enters RoseStreet Labs Energy Inc., a firm that focuses on the development and production of high efficiency thin film photovoltaics, which claims to have developed solar panels that can increase the total efficiency to more than 35percent.
RSLE’s thin film solar panels feature three separate layers of PV cells integrated into one panel and each layer traps a different part of the sun’s spectrum. As of now, the company uses its IBand technology to achieve such high efficiencies, but expects to push it even further by coupling it with mirroring or thermal technology. The commercialization of the product would not be seen before three to four years, but once it hits the market will revolutionize the renewable energy industry.
Via: Inhabitat
