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Default Home wind turbines dealt a blow

On 2008-01-07 11:10:06 +0000, Peter Parry said:

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:37:32 +0000, judith wrote:

The holy grail of renewable energy came a step closer yesterday as
thousands of mass-produced wafer-thin solar cells printed on aluminium
film rolled off a production line in California, heralding what
British scientists called "a revolution" in generating electricity.


"Nanosolar is one of several companies .. racing to develop different
versions of "thin film" solar technology. It is owned by Internet
entrepreneur Martin Roscheisen...the company, which claims to lead the
"third wave" of solar electricity, is notoriously secretive and has
not answered questions about its panels' efficiency or their
durability."

Style over substance perhaps?


They sell them in the Bose shop....