Super-efficient solar panels generate both heat and electricity

Posted by anthonykuo , Jun, 2009 @ 8:20 am

super efficient solar panel

A company called PVT Solar is developing a new, efficient solar panel that not only generates electricity from the sun’s energy, but also captures the heat and passes it to heat either the building’s air or water (or both) to save even more electricity.

But one of the biggest benefits of using waste heat and giving it an actual purpose is that it keeps the solar panels cooler, which in turn makes them more efficient at generating power.

Found via the New York Times via Inhabitat

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