Comments on: Falling Solar Panel Costs are Great for Buyers, Bad for Producers (sort of)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:17:00 +0000

15.5% growth would be a horrendous public policy failure. We need 100% growth per year.

By: sola

sola — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:57:00 +0000

This projection seems very conservative to me.

If they are right, the growth rate has decrased significantly compared to the 60% annual compound growth rate of the last 5 years. This would be pretty bad news.

Of course, it is nice to see that panel prices have come down 20% from the start of 2011 because that is a huge step forward.

By: Edward Kerr

Edward Kerr — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:38:00 +0000

One can almost see a light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope that this issue doesn’t affect panel manufacturers too negatively. Even though most people would find installing panels cost prohibitive and new building is down, leasing, as noted, could help to stimulate panel production while helping to make the necessary transition away from (not really cheap) coal. What I rarely hear is any talk about the idea of saving all those precious carbon atoms in coal for use in the emerging carbon fiber technologies that will in time revolutionize the world as we know it. I just wish that I was going to live long enough to see it unfold like the petals of a beautiful Rose on clear summer morning.