Future solar technology modern day solar panels have a maximum efficiency of about 33 meaning that much of the sun s solar radiation goes to waste even under the most ideal circumstances.
Solar panel in future.
Companies like lightsource in.
30 to 40 years ahead of what the iea forecast in its 2014 solar technology roadmap.
They may slow down the process a little bit but the overwhelming numbers show that the development of rooftop solar panels is inevitable.
10 to 15 years ahead of what i forecast in 2011.
Most major electricity grid studies show solar expanding significantly even without specific mandates as costs decline and societies use their values.
In the 1950s gerald pearson developed a more efficient silicon based solar cell.
All in all the future of solar is bright.
This is a major obstacle that solar energy systems must overcome to achieve exponential growth in the energy industry.
The very discovery of this would set the trajectory for future innovation and research into the solar space although it would be almost 70 years until the next major solar panel developments.
Till date humanity has only scratched the surface of the sun s true potential.
Solar energy is clearly the future.
The company believes it could eventually pack ten times more pv cells into the same space.
7 to 10 years ahead of what i forecast in 2015.
But thanks to all the advancements mentioned above solar is set to become lighter more flexible and applicable everywhere.
Imagine all this tech is available and you visit another city.
In fact solar has reached prices today that are.
50 to 100 years ahead of what the iea forecast in its 2010 world energy outlook depending on how one extrapolates iea s forecasts from 2010.
The sun deploys more energy to the planet s surface than what s used every year.