For those just catching up, nanosolar is delivering at a dollar per kilowatt. This has been the magic price point since Arthur C. Clark back in the sixties. There solar is directly competitive with all forms of energy.
The present quiet reflects the natural contingencies of production. It takes a long time to shake these things down and settle the inevitable bugs. Otherwise, it appears to be flowing smoothly.
Efficiencies of 14% implied a more general level of around 10% which is fine but half that of the expensive types. Again we can expect improvement as the technology matures.
Nanosolar: Hype Down, Hiring Up
By Jennifer Kho
July 07, 2009: 11:35 AM ET
(gigaom.com) -- Thin-film solar startup Nanosolar isn’t exactly known for being shy. The San Jose, Calif.-based company has attracted plenty of attention –- as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in funding -– for claims that its technology can produce highly efficient copper-indium-gallium-diselenide panels for less than $1 per watt. A post from outspoken CEO Martin Roscheisen back in December, for example, essentially bashed competitor Solyndra, claiming its tube-style design provides no advantage over flat panels.
But Nanosolar has been keeping uncharacteristically mum over the last few months — no press releases, and far fewer of those blog posts. Roscheisen told us recently that the company is purposely keeping quiet and plans to start talking again in September.
It looks like Nanosolar is hard at work, especially as the silence has been combined with a series of job and internship openings recently posted on sites such as
Nanosolar announced in late 2007 that
If these listings are any indication, Nanosolar is busy ramping up production. While Nanosolar announced last year that
We’ll be watching for more news, and production figures, in September.
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