Comments on: World’s Largest CIGS Thin-Film Solar Array Goes Live

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:48:53 +0000

This little lower power plant will chug out power until the last cell in the array dies! nobody really knows for absolute certain how long that is, but we are fairly certain of a payback then a profit period – without ever needing re-fueling, just maintenance, and depending on the quality of manufacture in the first place that could be a long time away! Just think! no coal burning, no imported oil used, no dangerous radioactive waste produced, and little if any upkeep! Somebody is going to make a lot money, and soon! Will governments tax this windfall? Will local politicians make a grab for dough? Will corruption eat away at profits? Who knows! This is America! but in the end the over-all gains are quite apparent for all!

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:48:00 +0000

By: Felix Jongleur

Felix Jongleur — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:47:14 +0000

That’s it? Only 25%? That kinda bites the big one. Yeah.

By: Felix Jongleur

Felix Jongleur — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:47:00 +0000

That’s it? Only 25%? That kinda bites the big one. Yeah.

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By: Rif

Rif — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:12:19 +0000

When reading this article do not get confused that this is the largest solar PV installation in the world, it is only the largest of a particular PV cell type. In general solar PV 750KW is peanuts.

Nowadays there are many solar PV parks with more than 20MW capacity. Spain and Germany are the leaders in this field. For a list see e.g.:

http://www.pvresources.com/en/top50pv.php

By: Rif

Rif — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:12:00 +0000

When reading this article do not get confused that this is the largest solar PV installation in the world, it is only the largest of a particular PV cell type. In general solar PV 750KW is peanuts.

Nowadays there are many solar PV parks with more than 20MW capacity. Spain and Germany are the leaders in this field. For a list see e.g.:

http://www.pvresources.com/en/top50pv.php

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:58:49 +0000

How exciting! I think we should cut down every forest in North America and install these panels. If we did that we could supply maybe 10% of the nations electricity needs. That’s like a couple tons of co2! I mean seriously, trees are like so overrated compared to renewable energy.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:58:00 +0000

By: chrisp

chrisp — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:12:57 +0000

So let me get this straight, the array only powers 25% of the manufacturing facility and from the pictures is appears to be about 4 times the size of the building? That’s pretty poor efficiently! Also why did they not place panels on the roof of the building which would have saved some land for more arrays on the ground. Also the parking lot could have used shade covers over the cars which would have provided more surface area. Not a very efficient use of land…