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Solar to produce more than 26 Gigawatts by 2015

renewableenergyworld.com — According to NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market will produce the equivalent of 26 gigawatts (GW) by 2015 and will generate well over $20 billion in revenues in that same time frame.

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  • cyberwiz01, on 07/08/2008, -2/+80I thought it only took 1.21 Gigawatts to get to 2015?
  • thisisntjon, on 07/09/2008, -0/+29I clicked on this article specifically to see how many people would make this joke.
  • Yimyack, on 07/09/2008, -0/+26Doc: 1.21 JIGGAWATTS!!!!!
    (softer)
    1.21 jiggawatts...

    Marty: Wha...WHAT THE HELL IS A JIGGAWATT?!!?!
  • GuZ2k7, on 07/09/2008, -1/+18If I read one more Back to the Future joke I may cry..
  • sonicHeart, on 07/09/2008, -0/+16Great scott!!!
  • humperdinck, on 07/09/2008, -0/+14This is heavy.
  • tkstock, on 07/09/2008, -0/+13You'll have enough for 21 trips with some to spare!
  • SonicEarth, on 07/09/2008, -0/+12A bolt of lightning!
  • Byrune, on 07/08/2008, -4/+16I wonder when people are actually going to start using solar energy istead of predicting how everythings gonna be solar....
  • batmanz, on 07/09/2008, -0/+9Great Scott!
  • ferrite, on 07/09/2008, -0/+8Pity that will only power the time circuits.

    The engine still runs on gasoline.
  • MagMan68Classic, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7The only reason I opened this article is to find a BTTF reference.
    Thank you all
  • poidh, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7Please, PLEASE, throw money at solar.
    Although wind power is honourable, I'd prefer a future based on solar and backed up by nuclear.
    It's the only way.
  • rhodydog, on 07/09/2008, -1/+8You could provide the same sentiment for every other technology that's been developed in the past. For example, we should never have started using fire all those eons ago, fire is highly dangerous, spreads easily, has probably being the cause for millions of deaths, it causes huge amounts of atmospheric pollution, it emits toxic fumes and when used on a large scale can devastate huge areas of the planet. Fire, bad bad idea.
  • bman85, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7@ferrite

    well call it 1.22 and throw an electric engine in that puppy...
  • tapo, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6It does! So solar panels will be able to power about 21.5 Deloreans!

    I'm not sure about the flying train, though.
  • McP1ckl3s, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mjCRUvX2D0E&feature= ...
  • Mpulse, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5What the hell is a gigawatt!?
  • Nudar, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5It seems even more powerful when you pronounce it jigawatts.
  • pe5t1lence, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5FIRE BAD!!
  • pe5t1lence, on 07/09/2008, -2/+7Why do you keep saying that? Is something wrong with the earth's magnetic field?
  • bman85, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5I love the word Gigawatts.... just seems so...powerful.
  • ytt12, on 07/08/2008, -2/+6Thats the thing oil controls everything
    even the goverments, its their biggest source of income
  • THES0URCE, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4You ever see back to the future?
  • ikrit2006, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4All those gigawatts would power nearly 2 complete runs through the trilogy (I counted 11 uses of the time machine, 11 * 1.21 = 13.31)
  • Matri, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Well technically only the flux capacitor needs that much power.
  • TheBanch, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4And here I was about to make a clever Back to the Future comment...
  • theghoul, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Heavy.
  • EntreLangdon, on 07/09/2008, -3/+6IS THAT ENOUGH TO POWER THE FLUX CAPACITOR??
  • inactive, on 07/09/2008, -1/+4it'll probably take 26 gigawats to power my laptop in 2015
  • cplusplus, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3So you are against solar power because its environmentally unfriendly?!
  • SonicEarth, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3A bolt of lightning!
  • NateTheApe21, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3yes but.....I still need to get to 88 mph
  • NuclearIsShit, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3But this suckers electrical, I need 1.21 gigawatt's...

    1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!
  • Judman, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3*cue back to the future jokes*
  • davewelsh79, on 07/09/2008, -1/+4I'm sorry, but you are wrong. You need jiggawatts to travel through time.
  • rhodydog, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2...and solar generates electricity without producing waste (except during manufacture), provides shade for desert critters, reduces CO2 emissions and the consumption of non-renewables.

    Fire does not appear spontaneously in nature either. It requires initiation and a finite amount of time to emerge. People did discover fire, it wasn't invented. someone turned a corned, saw a burning tree and discovered fire!
  • wibambau, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3It is one billion watts.
  • rhodydog, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2A balanced energy policy is the best, we shouldn't rely on just nuclear either.
  • chestyle, on 07/08/2008, -3/+5Yeah, man, It's the same like with oil-based products, hydrogen based engines could be a common thing if it wasn't for the "evil" oil companies that earn a fortune on petrol etc. It's all about the money, you know.
  • govsucks, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3I would love to see solar and have been watching it for a while as a add on to my current home. But you know that some ***** will claim that the manufacturing of solar panels threatens the habitat of the yellow bellied fru fru (or makes their eggs soft ;) ) and that will be it for solar power. Just like the bitches that cry about the birds at this very moment with wind power.
  • mrinsanity, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2A BOLT OF LIGHTNING!
  • misterdrumz, on 07/09/2008, -0/+21.21 Gigawatts and remember to fill the Mister Fusion up with Banana skins and left over pepsi before the trip!
  • inactive, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Yes, because they demonstrably are. Just because some hippie ***** tells you something is true doesn't mean it is.
  • OzzieAlThor, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Silence Earthling. My name is Darth Vader. I am an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan!

    http://www.moviewavs.com/php/sounds/?id=gog&media= ...

    Oh and on topic:

    http://www.moviewavs.com/php/sounds/?id=gog&media= ...


  • MobiusPrime, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Take that global warming !
  • SuperCujo, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Pity tidal has a massive environmental cost associated with it.
  • mrinsanity, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2That's roughly 21.49 times the amount we need to go back to..... ah ***** it.
  • mrhuhk, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2It's what makes time travel eco-friendly.
  • mrinsanity, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2What?
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