Re: [Keelynet] Vivian Alberts Solar Panel

[Dave Narby]

Looks like they use a form of the sputtering technique

http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/november/energy.htm

Which despite it's now lower cost is probably already obsolete, due to 
this process:

http://www.nanosolar.com/index.html

Nanosolar already has $100 million in funding and plans for a plant 
capable of producing 430 megawatts per year.


Robert Nelson wrote:
09/05/06 - Update on South African Photovoltaics
“In a scientific breakthrough that has stunned the world, a team of South 
African scientists, led by Professor Vivian Alberts, has developed a 
revolutionary new, highly efficient solar power technology�

The patent # (available in pdf from espacenet.com) is:

WO2005017979