Comments on: Pinhead-Sized Solar Cell Will Create Hundreds of New Green Jobs

By: New Solar Module Efficiency Record | CleanTechnica

New Solar Module Efficiency Record | CleanTechnica — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:56:15 +0000

[…] the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). (Yep, we’ve covered Semprius a few times in the past […]

By: John Woodhouse

John Woodhouse — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:39:00 +0000

for every billion the oil companies make they should donate a A percentage to show they are on board with helping americans save o fuel costs or we will all be broke soon enough/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:10:00 +0000

Most of the technologies we rely on today are here today because they got early government funding for research & development. Companies don’t have the long-term vision or resources to do this in most cases. Sometimes it takes years of investment to get a technology up, but then that technology can save society billions of dollars. We would be living in a much more harsh and less technologically advanced world if it weren’t for government investments in technologies such as this.

By: BetterMind4U

BetterMind4U — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:51:00 +0000

I was so excited . Then I read “The kicker is that the commercial potential of the new cell was pushed forward in partnership with federal research and development funding,” & “direct result of federal support for renewable energy innovations even as far back as the Bush administration. In 2007 Semprius (a spinoff from research conducted at another public institution, the University of Illinois), won a “NextGen” grant from the Department of Energy to develop the technology leading to ultra-small solar cells. In 2010 under the Obama administration the company earned a coveted spot in the Photovoltaic Incubator Program. That status gave the company access to federal resources and guidance from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in order to get the technology into competitive shape for mass market production.” All gov. $ so what do the people get a few jobs ? who gets all this $ ? The Energy may be clean but the money ? I have to wonder . How much has this cost us so far & when should we get a return on our investment ? Clean Energy is awesome ! BUT, not when it is only viable as a energy welfare system . Just Like the Ethanol & all the solar . When the USA sponsors research we should get the same return (or better from our investment. ) as Wall St.

By: David@Solar Panels Venice FL

David@Solar Panels Venice FL — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:42:00 +0000

I would imagine the opportunities for a solar cell this size must be endless. It only seems to be the size of a camera lense you typically see in a smartphone, so I am sure we will see a lot more smaller devices being powered by this! It is also refreshing to hear that jobs are being created in America and production is being kept here, rather than being farmed out overseas.