In a world first, engineers in Australia have managed to convert a record-breaking 40 percent of the sunlight hitting a solar panel into electricity. Researchers from UNSW Engineering have managed to achieve more than 40 percent efficiency in commercial solar panels - the highest efficiency rate ever reported. The world-record rate was achieved by solar panels tested outdoors in Sydney, Australia, and was then confirmed independently by researchers using them in the US. “This is the highest efficiency ever reported for sunlight conversion into electricity,” said UNSW Engineering Scientia Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, Martin Green, in a press release. sciencealert/australian-researchers-have-converted-sunlight-into-electricity-with-more-than-40-efficiency
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:09:58 +0000
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