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Alternative Energy Demand Fueling Growth
seekingalpha.com — There is tremendous opportunity in the solar cell market since most manufacturers use batch processing, and growth in solar panel demand is driving the implementation in-line manufacturing processes to lower the cost per watt.
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- louiebaur, on 06/26/2008, -1/+23That is good stuff bring it on!
- AmyVernon, on 06/26/2008, -0/+18wow. my dad passed on getting solar energy for his home a few years ago b/c it was so expensive. he might be able to rethink that sometime soon...
- BCCStu, on 06/26/2008, -1/+6Very interesting stuff here, Alternative energy is the wave of the future.
- buba1243, on 06/26/2008, -0/+7Can't wait for all home's to provide their own energy in the day and hopefully use a capacitor/battery system at night.
The only problem I see for solar energy is when it gets to popular oil prices will come down due to lack of demand.- Mswldflwr, on 06/26/2008, -0/+4And that's a problem how?
- buba1243, on 06/26/2008, -0/+2It's not a problem for consumers but one for the solar industry. If oil prices drop then demand for solar will drop too.
- yaosio, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Once you build a solar plant there are no fuel costs. Even if the oil price drops they won't shut down all the solar plants. In the US, petroluem accounts for a very small portion of electricity generation. The majority (I think about 45% or so) is coal.
- Mswldflwr, on 06/26/2008, -0/+4And that's a problem how?
- HuskyPuzzle, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6Solar and wind are the two most exciting renewable technologies. It's great to see an upside from high oil prices.
- greensky, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2No way... Algae is the coolest renewable technology, followed closely by geothermal. :P
- rocr69, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1I'll get excited about it when a square yard or so is enough to power my house in the cloudy Northeast.
- nyeus, on 06/26/2008, -1/+7''Alternative Energy Demand Fueling Growth''
I see what you did there... - perot9296, on 06/26/2008, -0/+4When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
- inhaler, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2When god gives you lemons, YOU FIND A NEW GOD!
- Hiji, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5That's great, but how long until it can fuel my car?
- DavidYeah, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1nm
- kenvsryu, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4Now if only the sun won't burn out in 2012.
- bigsteve3OOO, on 06/27/2008, -5/+0wow another solar might be viable if it weren't so dang blasted expensive.
no kidding.
build a better mouse trap hippies.
you folks make me laugh i sincerely hope none of you people who digg these solar stories are the ones working on solar or the last light bulb lit will be from the last drop of oil/nuke/coal.
morans- mrsteveman1, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2This is probably unnecessary but i feel someone must point out that you misspelled morons while you were attacking people with your post :)
thanks for playing- bigsteve3OOO, on 06/27/2008, -2/+0its called humor I intentionally spelled it wrong even with the spell check...........moran
- mrsteveman1, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2This is probably unnecessary but i feel someone must point out that you misspelled morons while you were attacking people with your post :)
- yoshimaroka, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1Free markets FTW
- mchisari, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1
People saw the problem of oil dependency and all the myriad political and environmental issues that came along with it over 30 years ago. If the free market was so efficient, it wouldn't still be wearing bell bottoms.
- mchisari, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1
- yaosio, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3Solar and Wind will drop in cost to below the cost per watt of other electricity generation techniques, and will continue to drop. This will occur within 5 years or sooner, according to the guy every Digger hates even though he's right 90% of the time.
- itchie, on 06/27/2008, -1/+0Too much to read on a nice buzz... Are they going to make it at least more affordable?
More people would be greener (i hate that word....) if it wasn't so damn expensive. - Liability, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3BTUI? You should check out Evergreen Solar. ESLR creates their photovoltaic cells with less than half of the silicon that all of their competitors use through their proprietary quad string-ribbon manufacturing process. This gives ESLR a fundamental cost advantage over their mostly Chinese competitors because polysilicon is the most expensive part of a PV cell. Evergreen Solar is an American company founded by MIT technologists and is based in Massachusetts with a factory opening in Devens, MA on July 15th and another factor opening in Midland, MI next year. The technology is available now and provides a significant long-term cost advantage now. It is simply not promoted by our government.
Thin film cells are not as good as silicon cells because they are less efficient and therefore require more surface area to generate the same output wattage. They also have a shorter lifespan, are less reliable, and generally use toxic chemicals such as Cadmium Telluride, which may soon be banned in the EU. - Jason2008, on 06/28/2008, -0/+0I will have to create a site area of energy
- gerbil20, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Too bad it takes 5 times more energy to produce a solar panel that it can produce in its lifetime (yes they burn out), and too bad the process of their manufacturing (and recycling) is an ecological nightmare.
- sexydarin, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Solar will be the new oil once it becomes cost effective for the hardware.
- BusinessSealed, on 07/06/2008, -0/+0It's the right time to start your own alternative energy business! Confused about financing?
http://thebusinessseal.com/finding-the-right-finan ...
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