Thursday, February 02, 2012

Coming Soon: DIY Solar Panels Made Out Of Grass Clippings

What’s the world’s best solar panel? A plant. So making solar panels from plants seems like a no-brainer. Today, scientists think they can achieve just that.

Today’s solar panels are made with relatively expensive materials in factories. The manufacturing process isn’t always clean. Tomorrow’s solar panels, on the other hand, may be manufactured by anyone--from enterprising citygoers to people living in remote, off-grid locations--with access to a high school-level lab, agricultural waste, and a small plastic bag of "stabilizing powder."

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