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Sunday, March 30, 2008

MIT spin-off plans to manufacture cheap, efficient solar cells

MIT spin-off plans to manufacture cheap, efficient solar cells:
Researchers from MIT have improved commercial solar cells that will soon be significantly cheaper and more efficient than those available today. Ely Sachs, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, predicts that by 2012 such solar cells will be comparable in price with coal, which is about $1 per watt.
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