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First Solar Module Manufacturing Cost Drops Below $1 Per Watt
Wednesday, 25 Feb, 2009 – 16:45 | 2 Comments
First Solar Module Manufacturing Cost Drops Below $1 Per Watt

Today First Solar, Inc. announced that it had reduced its manufacturing cost for solar modules to 98 cents per watt, breaking the $1 per watt price barrier for the first time ever.
The company is the …

Less Than $1 Per Watt for New Solar Panel Production
Wednesday, 24 Dec, 2008 – 14:57 | One Comment
Less Than $1 Per Watt for New Solar Panel Production

Professor Sampath and his team at Colorado State
Colorado State University’s new method for low-cost, high-efficiency solar panels looks set to begin mass production at the end of 2009. AVA Solar Inc. will start production on …

Next Generation of Cheap Solar Cells are Printable
Wednesday, 26 Mar, 2008 – 3:18 | 2 Comments

New technology uses cheaper materials instead of expensive silicon crystals. These new solar cells are 1/1oth of the cost of traditional silicon cell based solar panels.


Thin Film manufacturing companies
http://www.powerfilmsolar.com/
http://www.nanosolar.com/
http://www.firstsolar.com/
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