Electricity from all directions

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View homes seem futuristic windows, façade and roof are covered with transparent solar cells which provide electricity to all the whole building. ... Eon. and manufacturer of windows. Schuco. with the new solar cells a thin layer. To this end, the company plans to involve an investment of 100 million euros.

A specially created company called. Malibu. will have to work to improve the design and the middle of 2008 to start its serial production. A U.S. company -. Applied Materials. - To this end will build on the territory of the German federal state of Saxony- Anhalt -art factory.

Installation of solar cells in facades and windows of buildings opens up entirely new possibilities. ... Schuco Dirk Hindrihs. He was confident that the device with the solar cells will soon be commonplace in the external forms of houses. Schuco company wants to develop their experience of the expert in the field of photovoltaic installation in metal and glass facades, above all, by applying the elements during the repair of buildings and the construction of new homes.

Demand for solar energy exists, and the industry is now experiencing a real boom. ... Klaus Vaen. , Professor of Solar Energy at the University of Kassel.

... And such major players as. Ersol. , Invest in the technology of thin solar cells, ... Mark Gunter. analyst. Hamburger Sparkasse.

The reason for strategic change lies in the fact that manufacturers are required silicon modules, but now it is quite expensive. Some factories are working only half-heartedly, as a raw material for production is not. Therefore, manufacturers, wringing her hands, looking for an alternative. Thin solar cells seems to be output as they are 100 times more flat than conventional silicon cells. In addition, the production process has opened up entirely new opportunities to use. Cells in the micrometer thickness can be very simply sprayed on glass or metal, and any form of.

Actually, the technology has existed since the 1970s. But still she could not compete with the performance of traditional silicon cells. And even now the efficiency of thin solar cell modules produced by. Malibu. approximately 6.5%, significantly inferior to the efficiency of solar cells from monocrystalline silicon, which is equal to 14-17%. But as commodity prices are likely to fall not, then the investment in this technology makes sense.