Nickname: hnsolar

Review: Whats the best production line to manufacture thin film cell? how much is it? I hope get more information aboutit

Date reviewed: Dec 7, 2007 5:21 AM

Nickname: Andreas Cseh

Review: Great! But it is not a public company therefore I invested in a similar one which is already listed and called Genesis Energy Investments Nyrt. (www.genesisenergy.eu)

Date reviewed: Jul 31, 2007 11:01 PM

Nickname: LC

Review: Annual Gallium production capacity is much more than eight tonnes. Production capacity in Australia alone was 50 tonnes back in 2004. Worldwide production capacity is 210 tonnes. I look forward to Nanosolar.

Date reviewed: Oct 20, 2006 8:21 AM

Nickname: jj

Review: Because it is not real! Another bubble like the dot coms. GaAs solar cells have been around for 30 years. They are so expensive that they can only be used on satellites. This has nothing to do with nano technology. The global gallium supply is 8 tons a year. That does not go a long way. Ask Martin Green (Noble laureate for his contributions on photovoltaics), and he will tell you that this is the emperor's new dress. There is nothing wrong with silicon. The intrinsic problem with the solar industry is that it tried to grow on scrap from the semconductor industry. When new supply lines become available, you will see gigawatts of installations globally.

Date reviewed: Sep 11, 2006 5:16 AM

Nickname: Sumyung Guy

Review: "Nickname: Max Review: There are several factors that limit solar power. The most significant is the primitive state of energy storage technology (i.e. batteries). Solar will not be able to supply any significant percentage of total power anytime soon." No one can argue with the last line of your statement. If nothing else, the kind of government incentives as well as the total number of players in the solar field aren't just there yet. However. The battery power issue is being solved perhaps a little faster than you think: http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2006/07/altair_batterie.html#more altairnano is not the only company that's recently announced big improvements to lithium-ion battery technology. http://www.valence.com/ Then there's things on the horizon like super-capacitors that utilize nano-fibers to greatly increase the surface area of the electrodes. Perhaps solar will make a bigger difference much sooner than you think?

Date reviewed: Jul 28, 2006 1:37 PM

Nickname: Max

Review: There are several factors that limit solar power. The most significant is the primitive state of energy storage technology (i.e. batteries). Solar will not be able to supply any significant percentage of total power anytime soon.

Date reviewed: Jul 19, 2006 8:38 PM

Nickname: Spooky

Review: Who needs nuclear power now? I don't think nanosolar cells require Hanford, WA or Area-51 NV to dump its extremely lethal byproducts. And yes, it does work during overcast days and well into the evening hours as they are responsive to IR not just white light. It's also so thin you could probably paint this on glass or on your roof! Don't you pro-fossil/nukes understand this is revolutinary technology? Or do you like polluting the Earth for love of dollars vs. human life? Checkout XsunX.com!

Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2006 5:48 PM

Nickname: orion

Review: "Who needs nuclear now?" Uh... - PV panels only work during daylight hours, and then not all of them. - Total annual US energy consumption is around 100 quadrillion BTUs. A quadrillion is one followed by 15 zeros. At 430MW/year it's going to take Nanosolar decades to get *noticed*, even running the presses flat out.

Date reviewed: Jun 30, 2006 5:05 PM

Nickname: Tom

Review: The final paragraph is a bit of nonsense. Nanosolar produces electricity from solar energy (PV). Solar heating is an entirely different market, value proposition, and set of technologies.

Date reviewed: Jun 30, 2006 3:52 PM

Nickname: Paul T.

Review: In Guam our electricity rate is 16 cents/kwh. We have loads of sun. But we also have typhoons. The federally funded solar system here powers very little and seems to be down more than it is up. Guam could be a good showcase for this system.

Date reviewed: Jun 29, 2006 12:57 AM