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I studied all the new things that had happened in
solar
cells, and was looking for ways we could make
solar
cells more inexpensively.
Some people say it takes more energy to make a
solar
cell than it will give out in its entire life.
So I tried to figure out what other way could we try to make cost-effective
solar
electricity.
Solar
cells collect light for four and a half hours though.
We needed to beat
solar
cells.
But if you're trying to generate
solar
energy in a static place the weight doesn't matter so much.
So we took the same genetic algorithm that we used earlier to make that concentrator, which didn't work out for us, to optimize the Stirling engine, and make its design sizes and all of its dimensions the exact optimum to get the most power per dollar, irrespective of weight, irrespective of size, just to get the most conversion of
solar
energy, because the sun is free.
And is only affects the payback period, it doesn't mean that you couldn't use
solar
energy; you could use it anywhere on Earth.
This is the map of the whole Earth, and you can see a huge swathe in the middle where a large part of the population is, there's tremendous chances for
solar
energy.
The potential to take advantage of
solar
energy there is unbelievable, and I'm really excited to talk more about finding ways we can help with that.
Our short-term goal for this is to be half the price of
solar
cells and our longer-term goal is to be less than a five-year payback.
Right now,
solar
paybacks are between 30 and 50 years.
Ultimately, the seeds of everything familiar– the size of our planet, its position within the
solar
system, and its elemental composition– were determined by an uncountably large series of random collisions.
So in 1543, Nicholas Copernicus published "The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres," and by taking the Earth out of the center, and putting the sun in the center of the
solar
system, he opened our eyes to a much larger universe, of which we are just a small part.
And if you go further than that, you'll see the Sun, the
solar
system and the stars and so on, but that's still not typical of the universe, because stars come in galaxies.
Because imagine a cube out there in intergalactic space, the same size as our home, the
solar
system.
At number six, it's rated higher than
solar
panels and electric cars.
Everything we know about the universe, from the big bang that originated space and time, to the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies, to the structure of our own
solar
system, we figured out studying images of the sky.
Wind is the second-largest renewable resource after solar: 3600 terawatts, more than enough to supply humanity 200 times over.
You see, as far as we can tell, Earth is the only planet in our
solar
system known to have sparked life, and the only system able to provide life support for human beings.
A
solar
storm.
Solar
storms are giant clouds of particles escaping from the Sun from time to time, and a constant reminder that we live in the neighborhood of an active star.
And I, as a
solar
physicist, I have a tremendous chance to study these
solar
storms.
But you see,
"solar
storm chaser" is not just a cool title.
At the beginning of the space exploration age 50 years ago only, the probes we sent in space revealed that the planets in our
Solar
System constantly bathe in a stream of particles that are coming from the Sun and that we call the
solar
wind.
And in the same way that global wind patterns here on Earth can be affected by hurricanes, the
solar
wind is sometimes affected by
solar
storms that I like to call "space hurricanes."
Nonetheless,
solar
storms can still be responsible for disrupting satellite telecommunications and operations, for disrupting navigation systems, such as GPS, as well as electric power transmission.
By constantly monitoring the Sun, though, we now know where the
solar
storms come from.
You have an example here, as a complex structure hanging above the
solar
surface, just on the verge of erupting.
When these
solar
storms are moving in space, some of them will inevitably encounter space probes that we humans have sent in order to explore other worlds.
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