Comments on: Colorado to be Home to GE Thin-Film Solar Plant, Largest in the US http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: GE Halts Construction of Its New, Colorado Solar Factory - CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comment-125995 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:13:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380#comment-125995 […] GE Halts Construction of Its New, Colorado Solar Factory July 7, 2012 By Mathias Leave a Comment SharePin It   Due to the falling prices of solar panels around the world, General Electric has put its 400 MW cadmium-telluride solar factory in Aurora, Colorado, on hold. This project has been in development for over a year, and was already announced when GE purchased PrimeStar Solar in April 2011. […]

]]> By: LCD Makers Could Drive Down Thin-Film Solar PV Costs - CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comment-124141 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:10:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380#comment-124141 […] solar modules. Last October, GE announced it would invest as much as $600 million in building a thin-film solar manufacturing plant in the Denver suburb of […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comment-107428 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:25:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380#comment-107428 CdTe panels are on the market and performing well. There is no toxic chemical issue.

Biosolar, as far as I can tell, has no product on the market. If Biosolar has a superior product then it will force CdTe panels off the market.

Actually silicon may be forcing CdTe off the market as silicon panels continue to drop in price.

BTW, do you know that the very deadly poison ricin is made from castor beans?

]]> By: Jjeffriesinc http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comment-107411 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380#comment-107411 cadmium-telluride (Cd-Te) solar PV cells and panels. GE using toxic chemical product with less efficiency than Biosolar’s product which is Green Tech made from Castor Beans.. Funny a social conscience company would use a product that is toxic and has to be cleaned up every 25 years over a green product which is not toxic… It all comes down to cash

]]> By: US Solar Industry Jobs Grow 6.8% to August, 20%+ Expected | CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comment-105628 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:30:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380#comment-105628 […] Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of the Aurora Economic Development Council in Colorado.“Both GE Solar’s announcement to locate their new $300 million solar manufacturing plant in Aurora (which will create 355 new […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comment-105526 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:55:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380#comment-105526 GE just announced that their thin-film panels will be 14% efficient. That’s a big jump over First Solar at 11.7%.

A 20% improvement in efficiency means significantly lower balance of system costs. Less aluminum and glass per watt, less rack cost, less labor, more efficient use of real estate.

GE expects to be shipping in 2013.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-14/ge-solar-panels-with-14-efficiency-may-surpass-first-solar.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comment-105521 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:26:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380#comment-105521 But we can’t compete against the Chinese when it comes to solar and wind, our Republican Congress-members tell us.

Who does GE think it is, a hugely successful company?

Got to love how renewables are being taken up by major corporations and being supported by Republican officials at the state level. It makes me think that we have a chance of avoiding The Big Roast….

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