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Actor Matt Damon is sexy, slim, and intelligent, all of the key features the solar energy industry is looking to achieve in the years yet to come. With advanced technology, solar companies are also hoping their product will become more cost-effective. It’s the day after Thanksgiving ; most people have a long weekend, but at RWE Schott Solar it is just another day. Bob Giancola, department head of Expansion at RWE Schott Solar, helps oversee the development of half a million wafers every day. A wafer captures power from the sun. Taking light from the sun is named the Photovoltaic Effect and most solar panels for your home are called photovoltaic, or PV. Each wafer is about 1.4 watts, or the equivalent of a “AA” battery. To produce enough energy to power televisions, stoves, refrigerators, and other items for your home, wafers are hooked up to form solar cells. According to Giancola, RWE makes the biggest and inexpensive panels in the world. The ASE 300 panel has 216 wafers producing about 300 watts at a cost of $1,300. Electric bills are measured in KW. A kilo watt is 1000 watts, or a 100-watt bulb that’s left on for 10 hours. To make a dent in an electric bill multiple panels would be required. Eight ASE 300′s produce two kilowatts. “Typically homeowners are installing two KW systems which can power twenty-five to 50% of a standard home,” says Matt Arner, boss of business development at Heliotronics, Incorporated. “It’s defraying the price of their electricity from the local utilities.” At Dexter and Southfield Schools in Brookline, Ma. The solar cells looks like something that you see in a futuristic movie. From the observation deck you overlook the flat but slanted pieces. If you didn’t know any better you could think it was an architectural design. The energy demand is too large for the panels to save the school any major amount. The 5 Kilowatt system is mainly for educational purposes. “We installed the panels on a roof deck that’s accessible to scholars and visitors,” asserted Bob Phinney, Director of Science and technology at Dexter and Southfield Faculties. “They can walk out and see them up close. We installed the DC-AC inverters and power monitoring equipment behind glass doors so that everyone can see them and discover how the technology works.” http://www.solarpanelsforyourhometoday.com