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Cheap Plentiful Solar Electricity

Solar Panels

Solar Panels

The last few years have seen dozens of new solar photovoltaic improvements including thin film solar, new wiring, nano technologies and direct printing of photovoltaic panels on an aluminum foil substrate. However even with all these developments that should reduce costs and improve performance, the cost of solar panels has stayed about the same or has possibly gone up.

Until now.

From Technology Review:

Solar electricity is about to get much cheaper, industry analysts predict, because a shortage of the silicon used in solar panels is almost over. That could lead to a sharp drop in prices over the next couple of years, making solar electricity comparable to power from the grid… Solar power cost about $4 a watt in the early 2000s, but silicon shortages, which began in 2005, have pushed up prices to more than $4.80 per watt, according to Solarbuzz…


A report from Michael Rogol, an analyst at Photon Consulting, says that demand for solar panels will quickly rise in response to even slightly cheaper prices, holding the price drop between 2007 and 2010 to a mere 20 percent. …

Regardless of the growth in demand,.. over the next couple of years, production of solar panels will double each year.

Via: Technology Review

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This entry was posted on Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 6:35 pm and is filed under Energy, Renewable Energy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Cheap Plentiful Solar Electricity”

  1. Paul Adeboye Omotsho Says:
    November 29th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    Hello,

    I am Paul Adeboye Omotosho, I am writing on behalf of Mr. Benjamin Oluwatobi Olufioye Tijesuni Omotosho.

    Mr. Benjamin Oluwatobi Olufioye Tijesuni is the Chairman BOOT VENTURES, a multi biz company just coming up in Nigeria.

    BOOT deals in Electronics, Phones, Wears, Interio and Exterio Decoration Equipments and Baby Items.

    The purpose of writing this mail is just to know if We can be you distributor in Nigeria. Electric Power Suppliers in Nigeria is not meeting the needs of Nigeria and so Our company have studied the market for Sola and have concluded that there is a ready market for Solar Panel and its com[ponet in Nigeria.

    Let us know how if we can be your distributor here in Nigeria.

    Thanks

  2. John Says:
    November 29th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    Mr. Paul Adeboye Omotsho-

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  3. salim Says:
    June 16th, 2009 at 6:38 am

    Dear Sir / Madam

    If you are export the solar penels. Please let me know the price per unit (C&F) in Dhaka, Zia International Airport by currier Fedex/DHL . I am waiting your early as possible.

    Thanks
    Salim

  4. Luis Says:
    October 21st, 2009 at 1:11 am

    We have the best price X watt, just try us,
    thanks, Luis

  5. Nathan Says:
    May 12th, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    We are a group of high school students and we need to do a project and present it to an outside organization (American Solar Energy Society to be exact). Can we have permission to use the photos on your website even though they will be sent to the organization and possibly reproduced for the organization to use?

    Thank You,
    Maddox

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