Solar starting to take off

By Daniel Knapp on September 9, 2009 12:33 PM | 0 Comments

$4.1 billion in orders for thin-film solar:

On Wednesday, Nanosolar pulled back the curtain on its thin-film photovoltaic cell technology—which it claims is more efficient and less expensive than that of industry leader First Solar—and announced that it has secured $4.1 billion in orders for its solar panels …

… Nanosolar, based in San Jose, Calif., has developed a solar cell made from copper indium gallium (di)selenide. The semiconducting materials and nanoparticles are contained within a proprietary ink that makes it possible to print flexible solar cells on rolls of cheap aluminum foil.

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