{"article":{"id":194323,"heading":"Cost of Solar Power Equal to Coal Now","author":"reposted","created":"2007-02-28 18:02:43","modified":"2007-02-28 18:02:43","last_modified":"Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:02:43","article":"

\"The most promising PV material identified to date is

Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide (CIGS).\" 1

\"Less than one micron of CIGS absorbs more than 99% of available

incident solar energy, compared to 350 microns of silicon to do the

same job.\" 1

\"International experts have admitted that nothing else comes close to

the effectiveness of the South African invention.\" 2

\"...the cost of the South African technology is a fraction of the less

effective silicone solar panels.\" 2

\"A typical middle-class suburban family needs only about 30 square

metres (about the size of a living room) of solar panels to supply all

of its electricity needs.\" 1

The German company IFE started production a year ago, and other

companies are negotiating to produce the panels. A recent email

requesting purchasing information got this response from IFE:

\"Currently, we are in the process of constructing our production facility

in Brandenburg an der Havel. In all probability, production of our thin film

solar modules is going to start by mid 2007.\"

Leaders around the world are vowing to fight against global warming, and

they are forming committees everywhere to find solutions. But this new

substance has not been reported on in this country (except on the IMCs)

to the extent it should be and our leaders are scratching their heads about

what to do.

The solutions to global warming are at hand RIGHT NOW! They are this

type of electricity generation, and hydrogen and electric cars.

Please make your leaders and electric companies aware of this new

photo voltaic panel. We should be producing them by the millions as

soon as possible!

1 - Novel invention could mean cheaper source of energy from solar power

http:\/\/www.scienceinafrica.co.za\/2004\/november\/energy.htm<\/a>

2 - South African solar research eclipses rest of the world

http:\/\/www.int.iol.co.za\/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=116&art_id=vn20060211110132138C184427<\/a>

IFE website - http:\/\/www.ife-net.de\/en\/solar.php<\/a>



<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The development at a South African University \r\nof a process to manufacture panels made with\r\na much better material (CIGS) that generates \r\nelectricity from sunlight at a lower cost than the \r\nsilicone photo voltaic panels is what has been \r\nhoped for for decades. Solar power is no longer \r\ntoo expensive compared to coal plant generation.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/02\/194323.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}