Comments on: Printing Australia’s Largest Solar Cells http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: shpilk http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-163139 Sun, 26 May 2013 13:16:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-163139 Integrated into vehicles roofs, this could provide an inexpensive way to keep a battery maintained by trickle charging.

]]> By: houhynhm http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162468 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162468 Great. Advertising signage is the first use this guy can come up with when he describes his product.

]]> By: Ronald Brak http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162262 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:58:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162262 My friend’s friend works with Dr Watkins, which I guess is a mid-range level of Kevin Baconess. At least it’s not as much of a stretch as the fact that my friend’s mother’s friend’s mother was Winston Churchill’s cook.

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162170 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162170 They aren’t yet 40 cents per watt and that’s not an installed price.

]]> By: RobS http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162168 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:43:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162168 As cells become cheaper and cheaper it becomes more cost effective just to blanket more area with them. When cells were $40 per watt you could justify a $5000 2 axis tracker to eek out every last watt of potential output, now that they’re $0.40 per watt you’re better to just cover every potential surface with them, roofs not facing the righ direction, walls etc. it’s more cost effective to buy extra cells then buy expensive equipment to maximise the output from cheap cells.

]]> By: Ronald Brak http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162166 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162166 It’s not so bad under the right circumstances. In Helsinki optimally angled fixed solar panels will operate at 12.7% of capacity, while on a south facing wall they will operate at 10.2% of capacity. That’s 20% worse, but if the cells are cheap enough that’s not a big deal. In Brisbane on a west facing wall they would produce a bit less than half the electricity of optimally inclined north facing panels, but the value of that electricity would be high as its maximum output would be late in the afternoon when optimally inclined panels’ output is low and electricity prices are higher.

]]> By: jburt56 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162165 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:17:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162165 http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/513671/ultra-efficient-solar-power/

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162141 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:50:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162141 Sides of buildings isn’t a very workable installation unless someone solved the ‘angle of light strike’ problem.

We track solar panels in order to keep them facing the Sun. The sides of buildings are going to fact the Sun for only short periods each day.

Rooftops. Parking lots. Brownfields/landfills. That’s are where it’s going to be easiest/cheapest to harvest solar energy.

]]> By: mds http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162135 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:06:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162135 On top of the siding, with spacing between for moisture to escape, should work.

]]> By: mds http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162133 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162133 Might not work well under the siding. Besides, tyvek allows water vapor to escape and this is plastic, you’d get mold, rot, and bugs. Sorry.

]]> By: mds http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162132 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162132 Sounds like % efficiency is still pretty low. Is there a figure for this?

]]> By: jburt56 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/19/printing-australias-largest-solar-cells/#comment-162125 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51838#comment-162125 Wrap a house with it instead of Tyvek!!

]]>