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Pictures of the album: Tour of Boeing's Spectrolab Factory

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Spectrolab's facility in Sylmar California

Spectrolab's facility in...

Howard Chambers, Vice President and General Manager Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems

Howard Chambers, Vice...

Dr. David Lillington, President of Spectrolab, Inc.

Dr. David Lillington,...

Wafers are the raw materials for solar cells. Here we see a Germanium wafer.

Wafers are the raw...

The small concentrator-based cell on the right can produce about five times the power of the much larger silicon cell on the left. Mirrors and lenses focus sunlight onto the concentrated cell.

The silicon solar cell is 154 square centimeters and produces about 2.3 watts.

The silicon solar cell is...

The Gallium Arsenide/Germanium cell is just 1 square centimeter and can produce 16.1 watts.

Spectrolab says its multi-junction cells are much more efficient than tradition silicon cells. Traditional cells are single layer, but multi-junction cells stack several layers of cells into a single package.

Spectrolab says its...

A concentrated solar cell package

A concentrated solar cell...

Department of Energy statistics say America spends $692,414 on electricity every minute. Average cost of all electricity is just under ten cents a kilowatt/hour.

Department of Energy...

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