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March 5th, 2010, 13:20
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It's a sad state of affairs: your lawn is better at converting the sun into energy than that $23k solar array your neighbors just threw on their roof. Sun Catalytix wants to show that grass what's what with a new process for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen -- artificial photosynthesis. In a presentation at the ARPA-E conference (the Advanced Research Projects Agency -- basically DARPA (http://www.engadget.com/tag/darpa) minus the military bent) Sun Catalytix founder Dan Nocera indicates that the process his company is developing could, with a photovoltaic array, four hours of sunlight, and a bottle of water, generate 30 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That's enough to power an average home for a day -- though hardcore gamers will probably need a bit more. The hope is that this will ultimately lead to cheap power for self-sufficient homes in the not-too distant future, but we're still left wondering when that future's going to come.
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It's a sad state of affairs: your lawn is better at converting the sun into energy than that $23k solar array your neighbors just threw on their roof. Sun Catalytix wants to show that grass what's what with a new process for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen -- artificial photosynthesis. In a presentation at the ARPA-E conference (the Advanced Research Projects Agency -- basically DARPA (http://www.engadget.com/tag/darpa) minus the military bent) Sun Catalytix founder Dan Nocera indicates that the process his company is developing could, with a photovoltaic array, four hours of sunlight, and a bottle of water, generate 30 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That's enough to power an average home for a day -- though hardcore gamers will probably need a bit more. The hope is that this will ultimately lead to cheap power for self-sufficient homes in the not-too distant future, but we're still left wondering when that future's going to come.
[Thanks, Jaden]Continue reading Artificial photosynthesis could power your house, even if it's not green (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/artificial-photosynthesis-could-power-your-house-even-if-its-n/)
Artificial photosynthesis could power your house, even if it's not green (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/artificial-photosynthesis-could-power-your-house-even-if-its-n/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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