Nanosolar and First Panels CIGS

Read the detailed information on solar panels. In one of the most significant announcements in renewable energy for the year Nanosolar, producer of CIGS solar cells made using nanoparticle ink and roll-printing technology, announced that it has shipped its first product and received their first check from product revenue. They are already sold…

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The word solar panels always brought these thoughts to my mind. So I thought it best to write an article about it to share with others.

We’ve heard plenty of promises about low(er) cost solar panels, but it looks like the heavily-funded upstart Nanosolar is actually getting around to churning out what it says is the “world’s lowest-cost solar panel.” As The New York Times reports, that feat was achieved by taking a different approach to lowering the cost than most — namely, by reducing the manufacturing cost instead of trying to increase the efficiency. As a result, by using a new process that effectively “prints” photovoltaic material onto an aluminum backing, the company says they can profitably sell the solar panels for “less than $1 a watt” or, as The Times points out, the price at which solar energy becomes less expensive than coal. What’s more, while Nanosolar itself is hanging onto one of the first panels for exhibit, and one is being donated to the Tech Museum in San Jose, Nanosolar is auctioning off one of the first three panels to be produced on eBay, where the bidding currently stands around $1,000. Anyone looking to actually put it to use may want to think twice, however, as the panel is being sold “as-is.”

Auctioning aside, Nanosolar are selling their ultra-thin film solar panels for a mere 90 cents p/watt. Their production costs, said to be 30 cents p/watt, make this a very profitable enterprise, and one that begins to really compete with traditional dirty fossil fuel energy entreprises.

Using the intuition I had on solar panels, I thought that writing this article would indeed be worth the trouble. Most of the relevant information on solar panels has been included here. We hope that after reading about Solar panels from Nanosolar you get a good impression about solar panels. It is the final impression of an article that counts.