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Tuesday, September 4th, 2018

In ‘World First’, Ultra-Cheap Printable Solar Panels Are Launched in Australia

Author:     McKinley Corbley
Source:     goodnewsnetwork
Publication Date:     Sep 3, 2018
 Link: In ‘World First’, Ultra-Cheap Printable Solar Panels Are Launched in Australia
Stephan:   As expected as the emphasis on non-carbon energy gains momentum new breakthroughs are coming more frequently and the entire field is morphing into the next level of cost and efficiency. Here's an example of what I mean. Old carbon-based centralized monopoly utilities as configured are doomed. But they won't go down without a fight, and they own the American Congress at this point.

Professor Paul Dastoor has created organic solar panels

An inexpensive new kind of solar power has just been launched in Australia and it could signal the start of a groundbreaking new market for renewable energy.

Professor Paul Dastoor has created organic solar panels that can be printed using conventional printers.

By using electronic inks that are printed onto sub-millimeter thin plastic sheets, the panels can be produced for less that $10 per square meter and installed by a few people within a single workday.

Since the University of Newcastle professor developed the panels back in May 2017, they are now being tested in a 6-month pilot installation on a pallet repair facility in Australia.

The 200-square-meter installation on the building is the first commercial application of the technology in Australia, and most likely the rest of the world. If the pilot is proven to be efficient, the solar tech will likely move into the more widely-available commercial market within the next few years.

According to The Guardian, the development of such a cheap and easy-to-install material could make signing up for energy accounts as easy as signing up […]

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