Over $400 M Poured Into Thin-Film Solar Tech In One Week
This past week was an eventful one for thin-film solar companies Nanosolar and AVA Solar , which received a total of over $400 million in funding.
Nanosolar, which took in $300 million, has now raised nearly half a billion dollars of capital. The company plans to use the money to expand thin-film solar panel production at its San Jose and Berlin factories.
AVA Solar received $104 million to finish production of its 200 MW factory in Colorado. The factory is expected to start production in 2009.
Don’t think that this is the last you’ll hear about thin film solar funding—the field is projected to produce an estimated $22 billion in revenues by 2015. And with thin-film trumping crystalline silicon as a cost efficient technology, rest assured that utility companies won’t hesitate to get on board.
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I think you guys should upload a video to GreenEnergyTV.com showing your Thin film Solar products! Go to http://www.greenenergytv.com and click upload video button at top.
They will probably air your video. They air all “GREEN” videos.
Keep it Green,
Pete
I think you guys should upload a video to GreenEnergyTV.com showing your Thin film Solar products! Go to http://www.greenenergytv.com and click upload video button at top.
They will probably air your video. They air all “GREEN” videos.
Keep it Green,
Pete
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First Solar is a public thin film solar company..
they already produce a ton
Why in world would these people have a manufacturing plant in CA? One of the most business hostile states in the union. That money would go a lot farther in it’s CO plant or anywhere else but there.
Why in world would these people have a manufacturing plant in CA? One of the most business hostile states in the union. That money would go a lot farther in it’s CO plant or anywhere else but there.
Can anyone tell me if this stuff is approaching the point where you will get back your investment in a reasonable time period?
Can anyone tell me if this stuff is approaching the point where you will get back your investment in a reasonable time period?
Ethanol is the answer.
Solar,Nuclear,Oil drilling , Wind take too long to develop. Plant some Industrial Hemp and 6months later you get 1000 gals from one acre. 5% of unusable farmland would meet our transport needs. Plus the infrastructure is here right now. No retooling of cars just a $300-500 dollar part. In World War 2 we converted in 6months.
The U.S. has plenty of unusable farmland(900milacres)
We just need someone with vision.
More here.
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Ethanol is the answer.
Solar,Nuclear,Oil drilling , Wind take too long to develop. Plant some Industrial Hemp and 6months later you get 1000 gals from one acre. 5% of unusable farmland would meet our transport needs. Plus the infrastructure is here right now. No retooling of cars just a $300-500 dollar part. In World War 2 we converted in 6months.
The U.S. has plenty of unusable farmland(900milacres)
We just need someone with vision.
More here.
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Review:Alcohol_can_be_a_Gas
First Solar is a public thin film solar company..
they already produce a ton
This looks very promising…Now that both running mates have been chosen and the presidential election heats up American’s are left to sort out which candidates will better address the ever burdening issue of the energy crisis in America. The energy crisis is directly linked to our economy. Foreclosures are on the rise as well as unemployment. With all the technology available it is incredible to believe we have not come together as a nation to devise a plan. We have become so dependant on foreign oil that we have neglected to fully utilize such natural sources of energy such wind power & solar power. Along with modern technology such as plug in cars, hybrid cars, v2g technology ,and regenerative braking, technology we still seem to be floundering as a nation as to devising the best plan utilize all that is available to us and lift ourselves out of this mess we are in.
Great sites…
themanhattanprojectof2…
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This looks very promising…Now that both running mates have been chosen and the presidential election heats up American’s are left to sort out which candidates will better address the ever burdening issue of the energy crisis in America. The energy crisis is directly linked to our economy. Foreclosures are on the rise as well as unemployment. With all the technology available it is incredible to believe we have not come together as a nation to devise a plan. We have become so dependant on foreign oil that we have neglected to fully utilize such natural sources of energy such wind power & solar power. Along with modern technology such as plug in cars, hybrid cars, v2g technology ,and regenerative braking, technology we still seem to be floundering as a nation as to devising the best plan utilize all that is available to us and lift ourselves out of this mess we are in.
Great sites…
themanhattanprojectof2…
howmuchenergydoesmycar…
These thin film companies run off about $1 per watt but I never see any for wholesale. I need a source of quality solar products for my business. So far all I see is blowing grammer and no product.
Jim;
Ethanol is a good idea but it takes a lot of fresh water to distill ethanol and we are fast running out of it. To do ethanol we need to use desalinators to get the water. This needs to be done soon as we can.
These thin film companies run off about $1 per watt but I never see any for wholesale. I need a source of quality solar products for my business. So far all I see is blowing grammer and no product.
Jim;
Ethanol is a good idea but it takes a lot of fresh water to distill ethanol and we are fast running out of it. To do ethanol we need to use desalinators to get the water. This needs to be done soon as we can.
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