Plastic solar power & more

Printable plastic solar cells will bring solar power to the mainstream at $0.10 per watt. Light weight, flexiblity and high efficiency are the traits of this new breed of solar power.

Meanwhile old school large scale solar powered generators continue to work in other part of the world.

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Science & Technology

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• solar
• cell
• plastic
• power
• generation
• printable
• ink
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[grantdaddy1]

Everyone knows that "solar power" does not produce enough power to sufficiently fuel even a meagar lifestyle. If it was so wonderful and efficient, everyone would use it. But what we use is what works such as Electric, Oil, Gas, nuclear, and Hydro. Why can't "these people" get this through their heads.

[cplai]

Don't forget almost all power eventually trace back to solar power. Even your fossil fuel used to be some pre-historic plant life that absorb energy from the Sun. Even hydro power was from water cycle powered by the Sun. Basically increasing the yield from the Sun is our future. There are only few non-solar power, e.g. nuclear power (from scienc), tidal wave (from the orbiting moon's gravity) and geothermal (from the magma underground).

[jay19xxx]

don't we need oil for plastics? and the reaction uses a shit pot of energy to make the palstic granules

[cplai]

I don't see that as a problem because the plastic produces a lot more energy during its life span. Unlike a water bottle, you don't get anything back except for taking up space in the land fill. You cannot expect to get something from nothing. So the production of such "plastic" is very worthwhile.

[mocatz187]

I've been hearing about solar paint and solar ink for a long, long time now. Something is wrong or they would have brought it to market by now. It's nothing but press release after press release.

[Ozarkorganicshiitake]

It's been 3-4 years since this was made where are my .10 cent per watt solar cells? I will buy 10,000 watts worth right now, who do I make the check out to?

[douro20]

They bought Polaroid's thin film plant and adapted it for making thin film solar cells.

[aorphia]

They need to sell the ink to individuals, instead of just selling it to corporations.

[hms2008w]

Yes. Just go to desert middle east and Africa and southeast Asian, to using it collecting solar energy and make them into battery to sell best price, also, save local people's jobs to do too. Out of poverty.

[jawahell]

OK, that was 1 year ago, but I still don't see where could I buy it if they are so cheap? We still pay more then 1$/W

[10v34evr]

That frickin awesome!!!!!

[UNOnumb]

how named this ink who painting on plastic ?

[UNOnumb]

there to get paints ?

[anupamvipul233]

its a joke the price is dam high more high then normal solar panel energy density is

so low that a 3w panel size = 10 to 20 watt Cristine(blue one ) solar panel