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U.S. researchers have developed the solar device that can do this source of renewable energy cheaper, using pieces of glass covered with organic paint.

Researchers from the Technology Institute of Massachusetts (MIT) said that the new device is a “solar concentrator” which ensures a better method of extracting energy from the sun.

They used pieces of glass covered by organic paint to focus the light that reaches the plates. The paint absorbs light that evolve then in a glass, which carry light to head such as optical fibres that carry light to distance. At the end of the bottles are small solar cells that turn, then, the light into electricity.

“The idea is that the light penetrates and strikes the paint. So, we believe that this device may reduce the costs of solar electricity,” said Marc Baldo, a professor from MIT.

Researchers wish that through this new technology to bring the cost of solar energy closer to the cost of standard energy. They say that their system may be available in three years and that can be used in existing solar systems to increase efficiency.