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"HYDRINO" POWER SOURCE TURNS PHYSICS ON ITS HEAD African invention and is set to manufacture 500,000 of the panels before the end of the year at a new plant in Germany. The new alloy solar panel is much more efficient than the costly old silicon solar panels. The new panel consists of a thin layer of a unique metal alloy that converts light into energy. The photo-responsive alloy can operate on virtually all flexible surfaces, which means it could in the future find a host of other applications. Professor Alberts said that the new panels are approximately five microns thick (a human hair is 20 microns thick), while the older silicon panels are 350 microns thick. The cost of the South African technology is a fraction of the less-effective silicon solar panels. Alberts also said that in Switzerland it is already compulsory for all new houses to include solar technology to lessen energy demands on national grids. oo (Source: Saturday Argus, South Africa, 11 Feb 2006, http://www.capeargus.co.za) TURNS PHYSICS ON ITS HEAD n a scientific breakthrough that has 500,000 of the panels before the end of the t seems too good to be true: a new [fume the world, a team of South — year at a new plant in Germany. [== of near-limitless power that costs African scientists has developed a The new alloy solar panel is much more virtually nothing, uses tiny amounts of revolutionary, highly efficient solar power efficient than the costly old silicon solar water as its fuel and produces next to no — technology that will enable homes to obtain panels. The new panel consists of a thin waste. all their electricity from the sun. layer of a unique metal alloy that converts Randell Mills, a Harvard University These unique solar panels will make it light into energy. The photo-responsive medic who also studied electrical possible for houses to become completely alloy can operate on virtually all flexible engineering at Massachusetts Institute of self-sufficient for energy supplies. The surfaces, which means it could in the future Technology, claims to have built a panels are able to generate enough energy to find a host of other applications. prototype power source that generates up to run stoves, geysers [hot-water heaters], Professor Alberts said that the new panels 1,000 times more heat than conventional lights, TVs, fridges, computers—in short, are approximately five microns thick (a fuel. Independent scientists claim to have all the "mod cons" of the modern house. human hair is 20 microns thick), while the verified the experiments and Dr Mills says The new technology should be available in older silicon panels are 350 microns thick. that his company, Blacklight Power, has South Africa within a year. The cost of the South African technology is tens of millions of dollars in investment Through a special converter, energy can a fraction of the less-effective silicon solar lined up to bring the idea to market. And he _ be fed directly into the wiring of existing panels. claims to be just months away from houses. New powerful storage units will Alberts also said that in Switzerland it is unveiling his creation. allow energy storage to meet demands even already compulsory for all new houses to Dr Mills claims he has produced a new in winter. While direct sunlight is ideal for include solar technology to lessen energy form of hydrogen, the simplest of all the high-energy generation, other daytime light | demands on national grids. oo atoms with just a single proton circled by also generates energy via the panels. The (Source: Saturday Argus, South Africa, 11 one electron. 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Vivian Alberts, According to Professor Rick Maas, a achieved the chemist at the University of North Carolina breakthrough after who was allowed access to Blacklight's 10 years of laboratories, the first product to be built research. The with Blacklight's technology will be a South African household heater which will be available in technology has as little as four years. As the technology is now been patented scaled up, he says, bigger furnaces will be across the world. able to boil water and turn turbines to The German produce electricity. In a recent economic company IFE forecast, Prof. Maas calculated that hydrino Solar Systems, energy would cost around 1.2 cents [US] one of the world per kilowatt hour. This compares to an leaders in solar average of 5.0 cents per kWh for coal and energy, has 6.0 cents for nuclear energy. co invested more (Source: The Guardian, 4 November 2005, than R500 million http:/www. guardian.co.uk) in the South A. meer, fou kKvow! 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