Found this at digg.com maybe a month or so ago.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/24/solar-power-without-a-solar-panel/
Can't wait to get this one into the ol' tool box.
Hopefully it wont be as expensive as real solar panels
Hopefully you can slap on some paint and run a decent size grow on this..im getting it as soon as it becomes avail...i mean IF it becomes avail.
"What if solar cells could be painted on building products? Well, according to a team from Swansea University this type of technology will soon be coming to a hardware store near you."
"according to Dr. Worsley, if all the steel cladding produced by just one manufacturer was produced to be energy generating, at a very conservative energy exchange rate of 5%, it would be the equivalent of 50 wind farms, or roughly 4,500 gigawatts of electricity, per year. If you ask us, this is a project that might be worth looking into."
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/24/solar-power-without-a-solar-panel/
Can't wait to get this one into the ol' tool box.
Hopefully it wont be as expensive as real solar panels
Hopefully you can slap on some paint and run a decent size grow on this..im getting it as soon as it becomes avail...i mean IF it becomes avail.
"What if solar cells could be painted on building products? Well, according to a team from Swansea University this type of technology will soon be coming to a hardware store near you."
"according to Dr. Worsley, if all the steel cladding produced by just one manufacturer was produced to be energy generating, at a very conservative energy exchange rate of 5%, it would be the equivalent of 50 wind farms, or roughly 4,500 gigawatts of electricity, per year. If you ask us, this is a project that might be worth looking into."
