Printed solar panels

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Revision as of 12:51, 23 July 2007

STATUS: UNKNOWN

//Ketsu ^{Drop a Msg}_Alex 08:51, 23 July 2007 (EDT)

Current Development

Tomorrow's solar panels may not need to be produced in high-vacuum conditions in billion-dollar fabrication facilities. If California-based Nanosolar has its way, plants will use a nanostructured "ink" to form semiconductors, which would be printed on flexible sheets. Nanosolar is currently building a plant that will print 430 megawatts' worth of solar cells annually—more than triple the current solar output of the entire country.

Predicted Impact

Short-Term: LOW Long-Term: HIGH