A new type of solar thermal system for homes that can provide heat, hot water, and electricity is being tested in Boulder, Colo., over the next few months.

未来几个月，科罗拉多州博尔德市将测试一种新型的家用太阳能热系统，该系统可以提供热量、热水和电力。

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It is an increased area of low thick clouds, the type that reflects a rare portion of solar energy back to space and cools the Earth.

它是一片变大的低厚云层，这种云层将少量的太阳能反射回太空，为地球降温。

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Thisweek, however, a Californian company launched a new type of solar panel thattries to overcome these problems.

然而在本周，一家加利福尼亚州的公司推出了一种新型的能克服这些问题的太阳板。

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Or so suggests new observations of a nearby bright solar type star that is a close analogue to our own.

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The system the researchers tested used a type of solar cell known as dye-sensitized solar cells, a lightweight and inexpensive type where the active layer is composed of titanium dioxide, rather than the silicon used in conventional solar cells.

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This is step one in making this type of solar panels more successful.

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