Solar Panels Reach $1 a Watt

ZosX writes "An article over at Popular Mechanics announces that, for the first time, solar cells have been manufactured for the much sought-after figure of $1/Watt. They also talk about a new study of the cost of the particular raw materials used in different manufacturing processes. The conclusion is that the company that just achieved the $1/W milestone, using cadmium telluride technology, may not prove to be the long-term winner capable of meeting demand when it rises into the terawatt range."

Comments

So tell me where i can buy it.

[wjh31]

Unless you can give me a link/phone number where i could immediately, as in NOW, purchase solar power at $1/W, this is a useless announcement. Additionally, the areticle says manufacturing costs are past $1/W, which is not the same as the cost to the end user.

Re:So tell me where i can buy it.

[Ironchew]

This site is news for nerds, no 'news for consumers'.

Tell that to the Slashdot sections on Apple, Books, Games, Hardware, Linux, and Mobile.

It's cost per watt hour, not cost per watt

[bartwol]

It amazes me the lengths propagandists will go to to obfuscate simple questions of economics. The electric company charges me per Killowatt Hour. How much will the solar people charge me?

The day I see them CHARGE a competitive rate (rather than SPECULATE what it will cost, or avoid stating the KwH cost) will be the day I understand solar to be competitive.

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