UC Berkeley biosciences expert, Chris Somerville says “panels are a good in principle, but harvesting stored solar energy from plants is a more promising and economical approach to help meet global energy needs.” Somerville heads the new Berkeley campus Energy Biosciences Institute funded with half a billion dollars from BP. The idea is to break down [...]
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Plants’ Solar Energy Trumping Panels?
Posted in Anti-PV Articles, tagged plant fuel storage, plant sugars on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
UC Professor Dubs PV Technology A ‘Loser’
Posted in Anti-PV Articles, tagged costs, pv technology on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Solar photovoltaic (PV) is a very exciting technology, but the current technology is not economic,” says Borenstein. “We are throwing money away by installing the current solar PV technology, which is a loser.” Based on the professor’s calculations the costs outweigh the benefits.
See UC California Article
Read Professor’s report.
