Solar Cells are in the spotlight this week as interest heats up. As well as Intel entering the Solar Cells business with the formation of the new company SpectraWatt, IBM is involved in a number of developments.Big Blue has been busy both improving power efficiencies and improving chip cooling. Work on the latter is pictured.
Don't forget to bookmark the dynamically-updated and Electronics Weekly guide to Solar Cells - www.electronicsweekly.com/solarcells. And you can read An Engineer in Wonderland, where 'Alice' has been getting to grips with the practicalities of harnessing solar engery - see An Engineer in Wonderland - Arguing about solar heating, for example.
