2016年5月7日新
后面又介绍了一些其它的太阳能板方面的创新，其中说的一个双面可用的太阳能板，这种太阳能板的背面是靠反射光来吸收能量的，这里有一个细节题。
晶体硅是大热，以前晶体硅价格高，现在已经降到难以想象的程度，行业内还在不断试图降低成本提高效率。
有前景的新技术包括双面吸收太阳能板(reflected rays)提高效率，可塑性新材料(pliable material)降低安装成本(一家中国公司)，加入半导体元素提高效率(但技术挑战大，因为晶体硅原子结构问题)。
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Solar panelinstallations continue togrow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturingindustry is in the doldrumsbecause supply far exceeds demand、. The poor market may be slowing innovation,but advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEEPhotovoltaicsSpecialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remainoptimistic about its long-term prospects.
The technology that’s surprised almosteveryone is conventional crystallinesilicon. A few years ago, silicon solarpanels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of NewSouth Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declaredthat they’d never go below $1 a watt.“Now it’s down to something like 50 cents ofwatt, and there’s talk of hitting36 cents per watt,” he says.