{"id":2065,"date":"2010-06-14T08:59:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T12:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:52:40","slug":"scientist-working-with-solar-power-wins-technology-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/scientist-working-with-solar-power-wins-technology-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientist working with solar power wins technology award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Professor Michael Gr\u00c3\u00a4tzel. Source: Millenium Prize<\/figcaption><\/figure>Professor Michael Gr\u00c3\u00a4tzel, Director of the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at Ecole Polytechnique F\u00c3\u00a9d\u00c3\u00a9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), won the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize with his research on dye-sensitized solar cells. The prize is awarded by the Technology Academy Finland and is the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest technology prize.
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“The constraint of solar energy has traditionally been its price. ‘Gr\u00c3\u00a4tzel cells’ provide a more affordable way of harnessing solar energy. Gr\u00c3\u00a4tzel’s innovation is likely to have an important role in low-cost, large-scale solutions for renewable energy,” says the President and CEO of Technology Academy Finland, Dr Ainomaija Haarla.
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The decision was made by the Board of Directors of Technology Academy Finland, based on the recommendation of the International Selection Committee.<\/p>\n

Dye-sensitized solar cells are often described as “artificial photosynthesis”. The technology represents a promising alternative to standard silicon photovoltaics. It is made of low-cost materials and does not need an elaborate apparatus to manufacture. <\/p>\n

Gr\u00c3\u00a4tzel cells are still in relatively early stages of development but they show great promise as an inexpensive alternative to costly silicon solar cells and as an attractive candidate as a new renewable energy source. Recently, they made their debut in consumer products.
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