Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells – and some questions we haven't yet solved.
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Comment by: BillGross (Bill Gross) (Feb-8-2009) Web site
This talk was from 2003. I'm working on getting solar electricity down to be cheaper than coal without subsidies. This is extremely challenging, but we are getting closer. I talk more about the challenge at www.BillGross.com. The product shown in the video has evolved in many ways. Bill