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Everywhere in the world,
we can observe
and be touched
by acts of kindness.
People from all walks of
life, faiths, and cultures
extend themselves
beyond the call of duty
to help others
unconditionally.
Through their noble deeds,
humanity as a whole
is elevated.
To commend
virtuous actions and
encourage more people
to be inspired
by their examples,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has lovingly created
a series of awards,
including the Shining
World Leadership
Award, Shining World
Compassion Award,
Shining World Hero and
Heroine Awards, Shining
World Honesty Award,
Shining World Protection
Award, Shining World
Intelligence Award,
and Shining World
Inventor Award,
to recognize some
of the most exemplary,
generous, caring,
and courageous people
who walk amongst us.
Halo,
eco-friendly viewers.
As the world is entering
the Golden Era,
sustainable energy
technologies are becoming
more advanced,
and fortunately,
more easily available.
In particular, many are
looking to solar energy
as a main power source
of the future.
Thanks to a system
invented by one company
named 3GSolar in Israel,
sunlight can
easily be transformed
into electricity through
a simple organic dye
rather than costly materials
such as silicon.
For actualizing this
smart green technology
on a practical scale,
3GSolar was honored
with the Shining World
Inventor Award from
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
Mr. Barry Breen
is the CEO of
3GSolar Company
based in Jerusalem.
Mr. Barry,
we're seeing over here
a laboratorial archetype
for the product
you produce.
Please tell me a bit about it.
This product is based on
cutting-edge technology.
It’s a different process
from silicon that’s
currently on the market.
The technology
is called dye cell.
It’s a colored panel.
The base is colored like
the chlorophyll of a plant.
That’s how it works,
creating energy
like a plant grows
because of
the chlorophyll,
so its possible to create it
all over the world.
Because it's a print.
Its simple equipment and
you can print these panels.
Chlorophyll is
a green pigment found
in most plants and algae.
It absorbs light
most strongly
in the blue section
of the light spectrum,
thus giving plants
their green color.
The process by which
chlorophyll converts
the sunlight into energy
is called photosynthesis.
The technology of
imitating photosynthesis
was originally invented
in 1988 by Professor
Michael Graetzel
at Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne
in Switzerland.
He discovered that,
just as in photosynthesis,
a dye naturally generates
an electronic charge
under sunlight
without the need
for a semiconductor.
He thus invented
the dye solar cell,
also known
as the Graetzel day cell.
The first generation
of solar cells
were made of silicon;
a second generation
made use of thin film.
Both are
extremely expensive.
The Graetzel day cell
is considered
the third generation
of solar cells,
hence the name 3GSolar.
It is also far less expensive.
3GSolar is the first
company in the world
that found a way
to manufacture
the dye solar cell (DSC)
on a practically usable scale.
Dr. Jonathan Goldstein is
the founder of 3GSolar.
In the dye solar cell,
we have a high-surface
area substrate based on
titanium dioxide
with a dye on it, which
transforms the sunlight
into electrons, which can
form an electric current
that can power devices.
Basically, at 3GSolar,
we have been able to
scale up
the tiny research cells
to a full-scale cell which
is capable of producing
a large amount of current.
How much of a current
is 3GSolar’s solar cells
able to produce?
We believe that
these individual cells,
and here you see in each
of these two modules,
32 cells
are connected together,
these individual cells are
the largest cells
in the world and
give the highest current.
We can pull 3 amps
from each of these cells,
which we believe
is a world record.
What’s even more
remarkable is that
this technology also
works perfectly
on cloudy days.
You hook up 32 together
and then you get tension,
also electricity and power
which connects to a battery
to accumulate
the electricity
and use it at night.
These cells from
this printing technology
and the color collects light
in all kinds of conditions.
Also, like this day
when it’s cloudy,
also in strong sun,
also if there is shade.
In all conditions,
it will collect electricity
and it transfers it
to the battery.
It does it a lot better
than other technologies.
Collaborating
with leading scientists
from Bar Ilan University
and Weizmann Institute
of Science in Israel
as well as
with Solaronix SA
of Switzerland, 3GSolar
also has a highly efficient
manufacturing line.
This manufacturing line
works at one-fourth
of the facilities’ size
and one fifth of the cost
of a conventional silicon
or thin film production line.
That is due to the fact
that dye solar cells (DSCs)
use a unique
and simpler technique.
Every process
of photovoltaic, or PV,
the solar panels
are made in a vacuum
with expensive equipment.
We print.
We have here
printing machines.
Like you print a shirt.
We have dyes
that we developed here
at the company.
You get layers on glass.
It’s a white color
because this is before
we put on the color.
The color we apply
through dipping.
And we pass this
through ovens,
and that is how we
manufacture the cells.
And the cells we install
on the big panels.
32 cells generate the power.
And this process
we can do it in any place
in the world.
In our lab
we are currently
developing the process
so that the process will be
at a very high standard
for mass production.
Mr. Barry Breen,
CEO of 3GSolar,
further demonstrated
the process
of DSC production
step by step.
And here we see
one of the colors.
This is the color.
Because
in addition to the line,
we also developed the dyes,
colors and the process.
We developed everything
starting from the piece
of glass, layer by layer.
Also the raw material,
also the process,
and the panel insulation.
So we took upon ourselves
100% of the responsibility.
From the beginning
till the end
of the development
and the manufacturing
of the product.
And this is what we do here
at the lab at 3G Solar.
Here you see
the printing machine.
It’s for mass production.
There will be a number of
these machines
in the production line.
There is a machine
that delivers the color
through a net to the glass
and then from this machine
it goes for drying
in the oven and then
back to the machine.
Creative viewers,
please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television.
We’ll be right back
with more about 3GSolar
with CEO Mr. Breen,
recipient of
the Shining World
Inventor Award from
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Welcome back
to today’s presentation
on the Shining World
Inventor laureate,
3GSolar, an innovative
Israeli firm that has made
today’s most powerful
and lowest-cost
solar energy system
available for all.
We are very proud what
we were able to do here,
to develop a process
that is easy to implement,
cheap in cost,
and efficient
in all conditions of light
in which other panels
don’t work well.
3GSolar provides
an economic alternative
to silicon and
thin film-based systems.
It offers
an eco-friendly solution
especially to rural areas
in developing countries.
We planned mostly
for places where
there is no electricity,
to supply lighting,
television, and
air conditioning where
there is no electric grid.
In places like India,
Africa and Brazil, where
people live in villages
without electricity.
It’s a better solution
than what exists.
It’s less expensive
than what exists.
The 3GSolar system
gets even better,
as the manufacturing
process itself
can be set up locally.
Because the process
of these cells
are simple steps to print,
thus we can manufacture
everywhere
around the world;
manufacture
in the same country that
doesn’t have electricity
and supply the areas
where people need
the electricity.
Thus, clients
around the world
can easily meet
their own local needs,
such as widely varying
population sizes.
The local people also
become self-sufficient.
This cost-effective,
eco-friendly device
for generating electricity
has already
made a difference
in communities abroad.
In Senegal, a leading
dye solar cell panel
installer Amadou Kane
has installed 10,000 systems
in 15 months.
The newfound access
to electricity
has improved the quality
of educational, cultural,
and social activities
in many rural villages.
Lives have been
transformed.
Yet, Mr. Breen assures
that this is
only the beginning,
with endless improvements
to come.
This is a technology
this is just the beginning.
We can improve on it
endlessly.
It’s a platform that you
can exchange materials,
improve them
and give panels
that are more durable,
more productive,
less expensive.
This is just the beginning.
For their
excellent, affordable,
and beneficial invention,
3GSolar was honored
with the Shining World
Inventor Award by
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
The following is
an excerpt from the letter
of appreciation from
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
“It is with a greatest
pleasure and gratitude
that we present
to 3G Solar
the Shining World
Inventor Award.
This Award is presented
in recognition of the
Company's outstanding
green energy achievements,
inspired creative helping
to save our planet and
enlightened management
creating a brighter future
for Israel
and our planetary home.
For your
ingenuity, dedication
and resourcefulness,
for your
eco-friendly advancement
in domestic solar heating
and for being
a noble role model,
we hereby applaud
and celebrate
the innovative design
of 3G Solar
with special thanks to
CEO Mr. Barry Breen.
With Great Honor, Love
and Blessings,
The Supreme Master
Ching Hai”
Also presented
were gifts, including
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s DVDs
and the books,
“The Realization of Health:
Returning to the Natural
and Righteous Way
of Living,”
and her #1 bestsellers,
“The Dogs in My Life”
and “The Noble Wilds.”
Mr. Barry Breen
and the 3GSolar staff
expressed their gladness
and appreciation for
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
encouragement
and recognition.
I thank you very much.
I really appreciate
the Master,
the entire crew
at 3G Solar and I,
that you recognized
the development
of the technology
that is here on the market.
In all the places that
there is no electricity;
[you recognized]
the capability to supply
the lines of production,
what we are doing.
I really thank you
for recognizing
these developments.
And the entire crew
thanks you for this award.
Thank you very much.
Mr. Barry Breen,
Dr. Jonathan Goldstein
and 3GSolar Company,
our sincere appreciation
for your wonderful work
that is bound
to make our world
a cleaner, greener place.
May Heaven bless you
and your enterprise,
whose benefits
we look forward to
seeing soon
all over the world.
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