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| 16 JUN 2018 -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES IN THEORY CAN EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE THE MAGNIFICATION AND/OR OUTPUT OF SOLAR PANELS -- SO IN THEORY THE ENTIRE CITY COULD BE RUN ON THE SAME AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF SOLAR PANELS THAT NOW POWERS ONLY THE SCHOOL.. |
Moore's Law potentially applies to solar energy technology as well. In other words; these same solar panel could potentially go from powering the entire school which they now do -- to powering the entire neighborhood and beyond.
But only if the advancement of solar technology is pursued at the same rate as integrated circuits were and/or are over time. Everyone would benefit from this technological advancement just as much as they presently benefit from computer technology; eliminating a percentage of energy tax "fiat cash" and allowing energy users to save not only save money; but also sell available energy as well. Solar energy can be exponentially magnified way beyond it's current state.
MOORE'S LAW explains the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. Therefore; how does Moore's Law also apply to solar energy generation and/or electric powered vehicles etc? If the same amount of research and development dollars and/or time were put into the development of solar technologies = equivalent to the development of computing systems; then our current problems could be easily solved; as the answers have always been there -- they are just waiting to be found. Moore's Law also applies to the development of lithium-ion and/or solid-state battery technology ~ which is the other side of this story.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOORE'S LAW:
Super-powerful desktop computers, video game systems, cars, iPads, iPods, tablet computers, cellular phones, microwave ovens, high-def television...Most of the luxuries we enjoy during our daily lives are a result of the tremendous advancements of computing power which was made possible by the development of the transistor.
The first patent for transistors was filed in Canada in 1925 by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld; this patent, however, did not include any information about devices that would actually be built using the technology. Later, in 1934, the German inventor Oskar Heil patented a similar device, but it really wasn't until 1947 that John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at Bell Telephone Labs produced the first point-contact transistor. During their initial testing phases, they produced a few of them and assembled an audio amplifier which was later presented to various Bell Labs executives. What impressed them more than anything else was the fact that the transistor didn't need time to warm up, like it's predecessor the vacuum tube did. People immediately started to see the potential of the transistor for computing. The original computers from the late-1940s were gigantic, with some even taking up entire rooms. These huge computers were assembled with over 10,000 vacuum tubes and took a great deal of energy to run. Almost ten years later, Texas Instruments physically produced the first silicon transistor. In 1956, Bardeen and Brattain won the Nobel Prize in physics, along with William Shockely, who also did critically important work on the transistor.
Today, trillions of transistors are produced each year, and the transistor is considered one of the greatest technological achievements of the 20th century. The number of transistors on an integrated circuit has been doubling approximately every two years, as rate that has held strong for more than half a century. This nature of this trend was first proposed by the Intel co-founder, Gordon Moore in 1965. The name of the trend was coined "Moore's Law" and its accuracy is now used in the semiconductor industry as somewhat of a guide to define long-terms planning and the ability to accurately set targets for R&D. But it's likely that our ability to double our computing power this way will eventually break down.
OVERVIEW:
Solar energy is the cleanest, most abundant renewable energy source available. The U.S. has some of the world’s richest solar resources. Today's technology allows us to harness this resource in several ways, giving the public and commercial entities flexible ways to employ both the light and heat of the sun.
There are three primary technologies by which solar energy is commonly harnessed: photovoltaics (PV), which directly convert light to electricity; concentrating solar power (CSP), which uses heat from the sun (thermal energy) to drive utility-scale, electric turbines; and heating and cooling systems, which collect thermal energy to provide hot water and air conditioning. Solar energy can be deployed through distributed generation, whereby the equipment is located on rooftops or ground-mounted arrays close to where the energy is used. Some technologies can be further expanded into utility-scale applications to produce energy as a central power plant.
Photovoltaic Technology
Photovoltaic (PV) technologies directly convert energy from sunlight into electricity. When sunlight strikes the PV module, made of a semiconductor material, electrons are stripped from their atomic bonds. This flow of electrons produces an electric current. PV modules contain no moving parts and generally last thirty years or more with minimal maintenance. PV electricity output peaks mid-day when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, and can offset the most expensive electricity when daily demand is greatest. Homeowners can install a few dozen PV panels to reduce or eliminate their monthly electricity bills, and utilities can build large “farms” of PV panels to provide pollution-free electricity to their customers.
Semiconductors are used in most electronic products, including computer chips, audio amplifiers, temperature sensors and solar cells. Traditionally, PV modules are made using various forms of silicon, but many companies are also manufacturing modules that employ other semiconductor materials often referred to as thin-film PV. Each of the various PV technologies have unique cost and performance characteristics that drive competition within the industry. Cost and performance can be further affected by the PV application and specific configuration of a PV system.
Concentrating Solar Power
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants use mirrors to concentrate the sun’s thermal energy to drive a conventional steam turbine to make electricity. The thermal energy concentrated in a CSP plant can be stored and used to produce electricity when it is needed, day or night. Today, over 1,400 MW of CSP plants operate in the U.S., and another 340 MW of CSP projects will be placed in service within the next year. The two commercialized CSP technologies are Power Towers and Parabolic Troughs. Other CSP technologies include Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) and Dish Engine. CSP specific conditions to produce power, such as areas where direct sunlight is most intense (e.g., the U.S. Southwest) and contiguous parcels of dry, flat land.
Solar Heating and Cooling
Solar heating and cooling technologies collect thermal energy from the sun and use this heat to provide hot water and space heating and cooling for residential, commercial and industrial applications. There are several types of collectors: flat plate, evacuated tube, Integral Collector Storage (ICS), thermosiphon and concentrating. These technologies provide a return on investment in 3-6 years.
Water heating, space heating and space cooling accounted for 69 percent of the energy used in an average U.S. household in 2005 – representing significant market potential for solar heating and cooling technologies. For example, solar water heating systems can be installed on every home in the U.S., and a properly designed and installed system can provide 40 to 80 percent of a building’s hot water needs. Similarly, solar space heating and cooling systems circulate conditioned air or liquid throughout a building using existing HVAC systems, without using electricity.
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| 20 AUG 2018 -- SMOKY GLOBAL WARMING SUNSET; CHEMTRAILS TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING; AND THE SOLAR ENERGY SOLUTION -- ALL IN ONE PHOTO > SEE ALSO: LITHIUM IN CHEMTRAILS: COMBINING SOCIAL ENGINEERING WITH CLIMATE ENGINEERING? @ https://addendumblog2.blogspot.com/2016/04/lithium-in-chemtrails-combining-social.html |
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| The bottom line is: If the same amount of research and development dollars are put into solar/electric that have been put into the development of computing systems; then our energy problems could be easily solved -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law |
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| I ENCOURAGE TESLA, APPLE, GOOGLE, THE US GOVERNMENT -- AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED ENTITIES TO COMBINE EFFORTS AND START A MANHATTAN PROJECT-LIKE SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO EXPEDITE THE CREATION OF INCREASINGLY EFFICIENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES UTILIZING MOORE'S LAW TO BENEFIT THE FUTURE OF HUMANKIND AND REVERSE THE EARTHS' CURRENT PERILOUS ATMOSPHERIC SITUATION... |
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2018/05/20/a-battery-that-could-change-the-world/#4a7bb94cf21c
+ https://www.intelligentliving.co/anti-solar-panel-generates-electricity-from-darkness/
UPDATED: 12 OCT 2019
