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Another entrant in the $1/watt solar sweepstakes
Cost of solar cells may be driven down dramatically |
David Roberts |
26 Mar 2008 |
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| Well lookie here! A series of manufacturing process improvements could make the cost of electricity from silicon-based solar cells comparable to today's prices for coal generation within about four years, according to a company emerging out of stealth today. The company, 1366 Technologies, will be using technologies developed in MIT labs to reduce the manufacturing costs of standard-issue multi-crystalline silicon solar cells. They say they can ultimately reduce ... |
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| Topics: business, carbon sequestration, coal, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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