The Future of Solar Cells

What is the potential of solar energy?
A recent study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that photo voltaic cells and CSP (concentrated solar power) can generate 200,000 gigawatts every year!

Plan and Imagine Steps

I had to ask a lot of questions, and I changed many ideas!

A graph from Commdiginews

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Who did I send my survey to?

• Richard Lunt (a proffesor at Michigan State University
• Ralph Nader (environmentalist)
• Andrew Watt (a researcher at Oxford University in the UK)
• Harry Anderson (a professor at Oxford University in the UK)
• Karl Brown (director of the solar program at the California Institute of the Energy and Environment)

A few of my Survey Questions

• If you were to start a new company or create a new solar product, what age group would you target first?
• If solar panels were more appealing, trendy, fashionable, or decorative, would more people would install them?

Survey Questions (continued)

• Would people be willing to use solar energy if they were given the choice to have solar panels for free, but could only use electricity from their own solar panels?

Bibliography

• thinkprogress.org (study on the second slide)
• handlemanpost.wordpress.com (graph)
• http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/211014-new-material-combines-photons-for...
• http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134305-so-long-silicon-researchers-creat...

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