That's amazing!<br>Here's a couple of papers  I found following up on this<br><a href="http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061206b_nr.html">http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061206b_nr.html</a><br><a href="http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/38689.pdf">
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/38689.pdf</a><br><br>These seem to be 3 junction solar cells with different bandgaps in each region<br>for absorbing different parts of the spectrum. Pretty impressive.<br><br>Bill Barry<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Edward Terry</b> <<a href="mailto:eterry@openboxbuilder.com">eterry@openboxbuilder.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>>    How many years to recover the cost of installation?<br>><br>> I asked him, and though I don't remember the exact amount, I think about 1/3<br>> of it was payed for<br>> With tax-credits right away, with the solar taking about 10 years, and the
<br>> hot-water taking about 5.<br><br>Speaking of solar energy, the DOE has announced that Boeing-Spectrolab<br>has created a solar cell with 40.7% efficiency.<br><br><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602062">
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