Flexible, semi-transparent solar panels – Image via TheVerge

Solar power is the promised land for all renewable energy and sustainability proponents but so far, the technology has not quite been able to keep up with the optimism. Technologies used to create solar power generation are at best base line and can only convert into electricity a paltry 15% of the solar energy that hits the planet’s surface.
Another impediment has been the installation surfaces solar can mount on, …