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Controversy over solar panel efficiency has given rise to the nessecity of solar energy. While thin film technology has increased this efficency rating it is still a problem with this technology. However a thirty percent efficency rating has been met with thin film technology.
In this article we will explain a little about silicon in a simple and a little about the silicon industry, new solar technologies emerging today (thin film and nano-solar), and where supply materials and solar silicon may to head in the future.
The following topics will be exposed to various levels of detail, how a solar cell converts sunlight to energy through the use of different types of silicon, the use of silicon and where it comes from, and a little about history of supplying silicon in the past 18 years.
The future of solar panels and home solar manufacturing
As the industry residential solar energy has matured and showed a steady growth of approximately 40 percent per annum, the silicon industry is now responding to new caches and production of raw materials. At least two new refineries and factories producing silicon are coming on line in Washington and other nationally within a year or two. It is expected, and announcements by several companies such as GE, BP, and others on the launch of new facilities that produce silicon at a fraction of the cost of May we know today. This...
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