| scalarparty ( @ 2006-03-30 13:23:00 |
| Entry tags: | gizmos, new energy |
invert this!
shooting down the white elephants one at a time...
OK so you wanna go solar, and you already understand that solar panels are more expensive than batteries. But the bitter surprise may be that the Inverter will cost you about as much as your panels(!) That has traditionally been the case... but now, according to PhysOrg Magazine, Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, has come up with a new generation of cheaper and smaller inverters for solar panels which can be plugged into standard electricity sockets. No wonder he's the Millennium Prize winner! He deserves two for that!