The more I read and understand about nanotechnology, it becomes very clear what this discipline has done and it's increasing role in renewable energy, not to mention most facets of everyday life. The link above will take you to one of the better sites providing a very thorough introduction for the neophyte and a great connection portal for all things Nano.
One very exciting area in nanotechnology is in the use in developing next generation solar collection. The traditional photovoltaic (PV) cells have been around some 40+ years and, until the recently seemingly world adoption of all things green, solar energy has made considerable market-changing evolutions to the technology just in the last 5 years. Consider companies like Altair Nanotechnology, whose continued work in the creation of viable smart electric grids and what that means from a national and very local (right in your home) level. Take a look at Konarka with their work on a flexible solar panel (flexible enough to roll up and stick in your shirt pocket).
These are just a few examples of the tremendous impact the world of the infinitesimally small has on our world, today and ever more so in the future.
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