In preperation of the project Trinidad State Junior Collage contacted Tri-state and the Cimarron 1 people to find which courses they offer my son to prepair him for the coming of this solar plant. My son will graduate from TSJC with a certificate in welding. He will apply for a job at the Cimarron 1 plant as soon as the applications are availavle. Thank you Ted Turner for your investment into this renewable energy project.

In preperation of the project Trinidad State Junior Collage contacted Tri-state and the Cimarron 1 people to find which courses they offer my son to prepair him for the coming of this solar plant. My son will graduate from TSJC with a certificate in welding. He will apply for a job at the Cimarron 1 plant as soon as the applications are availavle. Thank you Ted Turner for your investment into this renewable energy project.

http://www.nrel.gov/pv/cdte/pdfs/cdte_lca_review1.pdf

http://www.nrel.gov/pv/cdte/pdfs/cdte_lca_review1.pdf

CdTe PV panels are loaded with Cadmium–ferociously toxic, carcinogenic heavy metal–whose long term behavior and safe operation in large scale fields under desert sun exposure have not been properly tested nor decisively proven. Nor are there any attempts in that direction, that I’m aware of.

Covering thousands of acres with cheap, potentially toxic, CdTe panels, without proving their safe operation in LARGE SCALE fields during 25-30 years of continuous operation in DESERT areas, is ignorance and greed combined into one act of utmost negligence, the outcome of which somebody eventually will be held responsible for. Who will that be?

The US and world’s scientific communities must take a close look at the fragile CdTe/CdS thin films structure, the flimsy, frame-less panels design and their interaction with, and behavior under, the harsh desert elements for the duration BEFORE allowing millions of these panels without a relevant safety record to cover Earth’s surface.

It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of this, and any other mass produced product, with such great impact on environment and life in general!

CdTe PV panels are loaded with Cadmium–ferociously toxic, carcinogenic heavy metal–whose long term behavior and safe operation in large scale fields under desert sun exposure have not been properly tested nor decisively proven. Nor are there any attempts in that direction, that I’m aware of.

Covering thousands of acres with cheap, potentially toxic, CdTe panels, without proving their safe operation in LARGE SCALE fields during 25-30 years of continuous operation in DESERT areas, is ignorance and greed combined into one act of utmost negligence, the outcome of which somebody eventually will be held responsible for. Who will that be?

The US and world’s scientific communities must take a close look at the fragile CdTe/CdS thin films structure, the flimsy, frame-less panels design and their interaction with, and behavior under, the harsh desert elements for the duration BEFORE allowing millions of these panels without a relevant safety record to cover Earth’s surface.

It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of this, and any other mass produced product, with such great impact on environment and life in general!