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Old 04-29-2009, 12:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Water-cooled PV that gathers up to 75% of the energy

Hi,

This is pretty neat stuff: they water cool the PV panel, so it keeps a higher efficiency -- and they also then use that heat, too!

...combining it with a water-based cooling system that increases the photovoltaic cells’ efficiency and produces thermal energy to boot.

Somebody had their thinking cap on!


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