Breakthrough in solar photovoltaics

An anonymous reader writes "The Holy Grail of researchers in the field of solar photovoltaic (SPV) electricity is to generate it at a lower cost than that of grid electricity. The goal now seems to be within reach. A Palo Alto (California ) start-up, named Nanosolar Inc., founded in 2002, claims that it has developed a commercial scale technology that can deliver solar electricity at 5 cents per kilowatt-hour. " As always, take these claims with a dose of salt the size of the Hope Diamond.

Comments

Re:Cost ?

[origamy]

That wouldn't work. You gotta factor the price of the environmental problems the Solar Power Plant will cause.
Someone will setup one up in California and it'll cast a shadow on an ant hill of a protected species of ant, or the solar films will be too warm for birs to sit on them... - that'll be enough to sue them and pull the plug
It's CA, you know - there are tons of environmentalists around and one of them will find a problem with the power plant.

Re:Is single-sourcing all of our energy desirable?

[JargonScott]

Whenever I see Trek info posted as established fact, I'm always reminded of when Shatner was on SNL:

"Having received all your letters over the years, and I've spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled... y'know... hundreds of miles to be here, I'd just like to say...GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just a TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you're dressed! You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME!"