New 40% more efficient solar chip

[Dave_S]

These things usually take too long to get to market and are way over priced when they do but good to see a giant leap for mankind :-)

https://arena.gov.au/blog/unsw/

[newhaul]

Sounds promising however I wonder what the 8% actual increase in efficiency will cost.
(Current mono cells are 20% efficient and an increase of 40% would bring them up to 28% efficient)
if it only adds about 10% to the end user cost it would be worth it.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Dave_S

These things usually take too long to get to market and are way over priced when they do but good to see a giant leap for mankind :-)

https://arena.gov.au/blog/unsw/

It's already taken 33 years
A patent was filed in 1984 for these cells (https://www.google.com.pg/patents/US4582952),

But it looks as though they are getting closer to producing something that would have benefits to the sailing community at a reasonable cost.