Windows that are "Dying" to be Solar!


	Windows that are "Dying" to be Solar!

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7-13-2008 11:13 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3c7f2a04-1a68-4ec4-9b5f-567a2c7c540c/5D400E1A-F32C-4F48-98A0-D89E6114E863/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1" style="font-size: 11px;">news.cnet.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1"><EM class="diigoHighlight a id_c2470e8c9bf5dc7361e7fd96fd7b592c type_0">Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology detailed a technique that can boost solar cell output and turn colored windows into solar panels.</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1"><P>
<EM class="diigoHighlight a id_64c85f2c35cf0aa14c501bb9c44627ec type_0">Published in </EM><I><EM class="diigoHighlight a id_64c85f2c35cf0aa14c501bb9c44627ec type_0">Science</EM></I><EM class="diigoHighlight a id_64c85f2c35cf0aa14c501bb9c44627ec type_0"> magazine on Friday, the researchers have developed a way to use dyes painted on glass to redirect light.</EM> 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.cnet.com/img/38F78F8E-3900-4447-B634-34952B9E6A8B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1">By pushing light to the edges and filtering it, they can concentrate the light and squeeze more electricity from photovoltaic solar cells.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1">
It's a technique that was pursued in the 1970s but abandoned because not enough redirected light made it to the cells on plate edges.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1">
The technology, which uses off-the-shelf dyes used in car paints, promises to be cheaper than <A href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9951463-54.html" title="Big solar: Utility-scale power plants arise -- Monday, May 26, 2008">traditional solar concentrators</A> because it eliminates the need for mirrors, lenses, and trackers,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9988923-54.html?hhTest=1">
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