Low-cost, more efficient solar cells mostly plastic

Solving the world’s energy demands will certainly take a number of technologies working together to power the grid. But one development that’s really exciting is the possibility that small communities and individual homes could provide their own power. If prices are low enough, and the technology is integrated and close to invisible, power generating features will become a staple of home construction in the future. Getting everything small enough, and efficient enough, is the key.

For communities, there are real possibilities in alternative nuclear energy sources (with big advantages over coal burning plants and centralized power generation). But this recent development in solar shows that there are some potential gains coming in solar as well as the technology advances.

EETimes.com – Low-cost, more efficient solar cells mostly plastic

Bloom Box

I personally would love to have a Bloom Box if it got down to $3000.  The CEO says he would like to see one in every home.. sounds like what Gates used to say with “A computer on every desk and in every home.”

Check out the CBS News story (especially the 60 minutes video!)