We renewable energy advocates love our silicon solar cells, but they come at a price: the process of making silicon generates massive amounts of heat and is a great big electricity hog. Now a company has found a way to make money capturing and using that heat, to make steam to run electrical generators.
Harvesting Waste Heat is Hot Business Concept

Harvesting Waste Heat is Hot Business Concept
(via cleantechnica.com)
Submitted by sustainablogger on Sun, 2008-02-17 16:32. | Tags: business | electricity | energy | manufacturing | solar cells | waste heat