Dear Stan,
Thanks for this information. Do you have a reference for the company
that is doing this manufacture of solar flexible sheets?
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they
now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for
their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many
different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial
and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA.
Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST,
and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com
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On 2010/04/19, at 16:15 , STANLEY DOORE wrote:
It's my understanding that a manufacturing solar panel plant is
being built in Michigan that will manufacture flexible sheets of
solar panels using a printing press method.
This should help to reduce costs dramatically and allow covering
roofs of homes and other buildings to collect solar energy while
eliminating the need for shingles and other roofing materials. It
should be very cost-effective.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:23 AM
Subject: [USMA:47128] Solar costs
Dear All (and especially Stan Jakuba),
Those of you who are interested in the cost of solar energy might be
interested in the article at http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10003903/ldk-solars-acquisition-strategy-not-a-bright-future
where they say:
Additionally, too much industry capacity coming on-line in recent
years has collided with slowing demand for solar cells, culminating
in dramatic falloffs in component prices across the value supply
chain. Aside from a penny or two fall in wafer conversion costs (US
$0.32 per watt in 4Q:09), LDK has yet to wring out any of the margin
or competitive advantages it envisioned with its vertical supply
integration strategy:
In the fourth-quarter of 2009, LDK reported wafer average selling
prices (ASP) of US$0.83 per watt, down from US$2.24 per watt in
2007. The significant decline in wafer prices forced the company to
write down the carrying values of its inventories by almost US$500
million in the last two years.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that
they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or
selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources
for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial,
industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and
in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google,
NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the
USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication
information, contact Pat at [email protected] or
to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter
to subscribe.
