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Making Solar Panels with a Microwave [video](youtube.com)
60 points by jackdoe | 8 comments
A 13-minute YouTube video by Dr.Semiconductor demonstrating how to make solar panels using a microwave as part of the fabrication process.
#photovoltaics on Hacker News
3 stories tagged photovoltaics, newest first.
Global Solar Atlas: summary of solar power potential globally(globalsolaratlas.info)
68 points by stratts | 49 comments
Global Solar Atlas is an interactive web map showing solar resource and photovoltaic power potential for locations worldwide.
Can solar costs keep shrinking?(unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
370 points by GoRudy | 557 comments
Tomas Pueyo's Uncharted Territories newsletter post examining whether solar photovoltaic panel costs can continue to decline.