Ian Williams wrote on July 21, 2007 for www.vnunews.com that Boffins at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. He further reported that the lead researcher Somenath Mitra, professor and acting chairman at New Jersey Institute of Technologoy's Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, described the process as "simple".
"Someday homeowners will be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers," he said. "Consumers can then slap the finished product on a wall, roof or billboard to create their own power stations."
As we have reported here at www.bugdugle.com/solarpanels, collecting energy using solar panels directly from the unlimited supply of solar radiation and using solar cells is emerging as a major component of future global energy strategies, but effectively harnessing renewable energy still has many challenges. It is still very expensive to establish large-scale infrastructures such as windmills or dams that are necessary to drive renewable energy sources, such as wind or hydroelectric power plants on a large scale. However, a Suntrek Industries solar power system or electrical solar system is still very economical and filled with tax incentives.
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