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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 525428" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/tools/images/Intel_solar_cells-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Intel plans to trade one type of silicon product for another when it breaks ground on a new solar cell manufacturing plant later this year.</p><p></p><p>Based in Oregon, the new company, SpectraWatt plans to manufacture 60 megawatts worth of cells, which is almost ten times the largest wind turbine in the world (which is owned by the Queen of England, by the way.)</p><p></p><p>One of the major problems blocking solar cell evolution is efficiency - that is, converting sunlight into a decent amount of energy.</p><p></p><p>But the entrance of a company of Intel's size into the market signals this method of electricity production might be ready for the big time.</p><p></p><p><strong>Solar cells - like computer chips</strong></p><p></p><p>Apparently Intel has already got a number of customer lined up, and has secured a supply of polysilicon to make the things, which is obviously important as there is something of a shortage worldwide.</p><p></p><p>Andrew Wilson, previously GM of Intel's New Business Initiatives group, will become chief executive of the new company.</p><p></p><p>"The solar industry is akin to where the microprocessor industry was in the late 1970s. There is a lot to be figured out and improved," he said in a recent interview.</p><p></p><p>He also said the Intel would be using a lot of the know-how gained working with silicon over the years to produce the cells, although the actual product will be vastly different.</p><p></p><p>So all you waiting for a self-powering processor might have to wait for a few more years then.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/1443325/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Intel to start selling solar cells next year&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/intel-to-start-selling-solar-cells-next-year-393438" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Intel to start selling solar cells next year&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/intel-to-start-selling-solar-cells-next-year-393438" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/1443325/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 525428, member: 259515"] [IMG]http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/tools/images/Intel_solar_cells-200-200.jpg[/IMG] Intel plans to trade one type of silicon product for another when it breaks ground on a new solar cell manufacturing plant later this year. Based in Oregon, the new company, SpectraWatt plans to manufacture 60 megawatts worth of cells, which is almost ten times the largest wind turbine in the world (which is owned by the Queen of England, by the way.) One of the major problems blocking solar cell evolution is efficiency - that is, converting sunlight into a decent amount of energy. But the entrance of a company of Intel's size into the market signals this method of electricity production might be ready for the big time. [B]Solar cells - like computer chips[/B] Apparently Intel has already got a number of customer lined up, and has secured a supply of polysilicon to make the things, which is obviously important as there is something of a shortage worldwide. Andrew Wilson, previously GM of Intel's New Business Initiatives group, will become chief executive of the new company. "The solar industry is akin to where the microprocessor industry was in the late 1970s. There is a lot to be figured out and improved," he said in a recent interview. He also said the Intel would be using a lot of the know-how gained working with silicon over the years to produce the cells, although the actual product will be vastly different. So all you waiting for a self-powering processor might have to wait for a few more years then. [IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/1443325/mf.gif[/IMG] [URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Intel to start selling solar cells next year&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/intel-to-start-selling-solar-cells-next-year-393438"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Intel to start selling solar cells next year&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/intel-to-start-selling-solar-cells-next-year-393438"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/1443325/story01.htm]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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