{"id":731143,"date":"2010-05-19T20:53:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T00:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/?p=9931"},"modified":"2010-05-19T20:53:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T00:53:51","slug":"biosolar-uses-castor-beans-to-squeeze-more-savings-from-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/731143","title":{"rendered":"BioSolar Uses Castor Beans to Squeeze More Savings from Solar Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9987\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/05\/19\/biosolar-uses-castor-beans-to-squeeze-more-savings-from-solar-panels\/biosolar-can-help-lower-solar-panel-costs\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9987\" title=\"biosolar can help lower solar panel costs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/cleantechnica\/files\/2010\/05\/biosolar-can-help-lower-solar-panel-costs.jpg?resize=500%2C373\" alt=\"BioSolar, Inc. has developed a low cost backsheet made with castor bean resin, which can lower the cost of solar panels\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a>Maybe castor beans are good for something besides castor oil &#8211; California based <a title=\"biosolar website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biosolar.com\" >BioSolar<\/a> has come up with a high-performance protective <a title=\"businesswire.com press release\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/home\/permalink\/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20100517006616&amp;newsLang=en\" >backsheet for solar panels<\/a> made partly from a castor bean resin.\u00a0 The bio-based product is cheaper than conventional backsheets, helping to lower the cost of photovoltaic installations.<\/p>\n<p>High tech gains in <a title=\"cleantechnica.com article\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/05\/06\/german-researchers-crack-20-thin-film-solar-cell-efficiency-ceiling\/\" >solar cell efficiency<\/a> may grab the banner headlines, but behind-the-scenes companies like BioSolar are also scoring points for helping to make solar energy more cost-competitive with fossil fuels by tweaking other components of a solar energy installation.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/05\/19\/biosolar-uses-castor-beans-to-squeeze-more-savings-from-solar-panels\/#more-9931\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?i=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=QGzK0I0hNhQ:7bBTw3lGiks:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/cleantechnica\/com\/~4\/QGzK0I0hNhQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe castor beans are good for something besides castor oil &#8211; California based BioSolar has come up with a high-performance protective backsheet for solar panels made partly from a castor bean resin.\u00a0 The bio-based product is cheaper than conventional backsheets, helping to lower the cost of photovoltaic installations. 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