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Originally Posted by Azure
Just makes it 30% better than what they used to have.
If you could increase the efficiency of coal 30%, would you?  |
That might not be the best analogy. I think coal is in the 70% efficiency range right now; so increasing that by 30% would make take it from 70% efficient to 91% efficient.
Solar is in the 5% efficiency range now, so a 30% increase would bring it from 5% to 6.5% efficient.
I first read the article as saying they had achieved 30% efficiency, which for solar would be a huge leap.