{"id":1089,"date":"2006-08-21T19:51:25","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T23:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:49:07","slug":"a-new-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/08\/21\/a-new-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Solar Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xsunx.com\/pics\/e1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What if every window in the financial district could be transformed into a translucent solar power generator, powering anything from the lights to the elevators in the buildings? A company called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xsunx.com\/index.htm\">XsunX<\/a> is currently developing technologies to help achieve environmnetally sustainable power options. Their first development is a solar power generator called Power Glass. When the windows are exposed to light, they begin to convert the solar energy into electricity:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Power Glass\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 represents a  \t\t\t\t\t\tnew breed of solar cell design that balances solar cell  \t\t\t\t\t\tefficiencies and manufacturing costs with broad  \t\t\t\t\t\tapplications and uses. The Company believes that these  \t\t\t\t\t\tdesign, manufacturing, and application efficiencies may  \t\t\t\t\t\tprovide significant efficiency-to-cost gains over  \t\t\t\t\t\tconventional opaque solar cells. This gain in  \t\t\t\t\t\tefficiency-to-cost is based on Company estimates of  \t\t\t\t\t\tPower Glass\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 solar cells operating at as much as 50%, or  \t\t\t\t\t\thalf, the efficiency of conventional opaque amorphous  \t\t\t\t\t\tsolar cells yet costing significantly less to produce.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This may be a company and technology to keep an eye on as our energy demands grow higher and higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if every window in the financial district could be transformed into a translucent solar power generator, powering anything from the lights to the elevators in the buildings? A company called XsunX is currently developing technologies to help achieve environmnetally sustainable power options. Their first development is a solar power generator called Power Glass. 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