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Solar energy has yet to get an order of magnitude even cheaper .Researchers claim a breakthrough in polymer solar cells; cheap & easy to manufacture solar cells that can be printed on rolls of plastic (www.pv-magazine.com)

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

There are nearly 9000 hours in a year. Performance after only 2000 isn't a useful metric. I know there are people who can give better numbers

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago

They mention 100 k hours effective lifetime in the article. 11 years is good, if true.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 16 hours ago

It's an important proof of concept. If it can survive 2,000 hours in air, then it may be possible to tweak it so it survives 20,000 in air and 2,000 in rain. Then tweak it again and it survives 200,000 hours. Engineering is iterating on a design, not developing the final product out of the gate.