Nanosolar
Nanosolar Powersheet
Executive Summary about Nanosolar by nanosolar.com -MICHAEL MOYER
Imagine a solar panel without the panel. Just a coating, thin as a layer of paint, that takes light and converts it to electricity. From there, you can picture roof shingles with solar cells built inside and window coatings that seem to suck power from the air.
Cost has always been one of solar’s biggest problems. Traditional solar cells require silicon, and silicon is an expensive commodity (exacerbated currently by a global silicon shortage). That means even the cheapest solar panels cost about $3 per watt of energy they go on to produce.
Nanosolar’s cells use no silicon, and the company’s manufacturing process allows it to create cells that are as efficient as most commercial cells for as little as 30 cents a watt. “It really is quite a big deal in terms of altering the way we think about solar and in inherently altering the economics of solar.”
In San Jose, Nanosolar has built what will soon be the world’s largest solar-panel manufacturing facility. California, for instance, recently launched the Million Solar Roofs initiative, which will provide tax breaks and rebates to encourage the installation of 100,000 solar roofs per year, every year, for 10 consecutive years (the state currently has 30,000 solar roofs). The company is ready for the solar boom.
NANOSOLAR: Solar-cell Coating
Executive Summary about Nanosolar by Silicon Valley
Solar panels are big, clunky, heavy, require special installation, and, if they break, replacing them can be quite expensive.
The PowerSheet is made from a layer of solar-absorbing nano-ink that is printed onto a foil-thin metal sheet.
Because of the ever-increasing costs of energy and the obvious environmental impact of burning up fossil fuels, turning to alternative energy sources such as solar energy is a priority.
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2I must say i must have been a little leary of all the hype taking place around solar. After checking out various programs and buy options my spouse and i decided i would make the leap. We ended up getting solar without any money down and we immediatly started saving money the 1st month is was installed. I have to admit that this features of solar seem to be real and I am happy we decided to proceed with it.
3I have been trying to obtain a nanosolar cell for testing for years without luck. I keep reading where all the modules are used up in foreign sales. I am beginning to think this is some type of scam.
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