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Silicon Valley Startup Prints $1/watt Solar Panels

Posted by Zonk on from the printing-money-and-energy dept.

GWBasic writes "A Silicon Valley start-up called Nanosolar has shipped its first solar panels — priced at $1 a watt. That's the price at which solar energy gets cheaper than coal. While other companies have been focusing their efforts on increasing the efficiency of solar panels, Nanosolar took a different approach. It focused on manufacturing. 'The company [has developed] a process to print solar cells made out of CIGS, or copper indium gallium selenide, a combination of elements that many companies are pursuing as an alternative to silicon.'" The outfit also happens to be backed by Google, a fact that's getting some attention at tech media sites.

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  1. Re:What's in your stocking? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WTF? That's the most retarded logic I've seen this side of the White House.

  2. Re:Yahoo! by networkBoy · · Score: -1, Troll

    Third, this doesn't address vehicles. Still have to take care of that gorilla in the corner. It also doesn't address industry CO2 pollution unrelated to power demand, such as steel production. Still, it's a great start. CO2 is not an issue, no matter how much the media wants it to be. Aside from asphyxiation adding more to the atmosphere won't do a damn thing. The absorption spectra for CO2 is saturated already (and has been for quite some time). That means adding more gas doesn't absorb any more energy. CO2 is a red herring in regards to thermal climate effects.
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  3. Re:Yahoo! by operagost · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are being far too polite to that belligerent jackass. I commend you.

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