A while back we had a debate about solar cell efficiencies
and whether or not they could recover the power used to
manufacture them.
For the efficiency records check the:
"Information on Solar Energy" page (and sublinks)
from the
European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion
(http://www.esqsec.unibe.ch/).
For the power recovery question, see:
"Can Solar Cells Ever Recapture the Energy Invested in their
Manufacture?", R. Corkish (http://ecotopia.com/apollo2/pvpayback.htm).
Strange that I didn't find these previously. Either Northern
Lights is a better technical search engine or more information
is slowly creeping onto the web.
Robert
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