You're right, 14% is _not_ their average efficiency. Their present average is 9 to 10%, see: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg24788.html
But what matters ultimately for solar power plants is $/W, not efficiency, for example the 250MW plant Southern California Edison is presently deploying seems to be only 4% efficient, see: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg25619.html Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:U.S. Freezes Solar Energy Projects In reply to Mike Carrell's message of Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:39:09 -0400: Hi, [snip] >The informaltion about Nanosolar with printed PV with 14% efficiency looks >most interesting, but you need to deploy a few square miles to find the >'gotchas' through wind, sand and rain. [snip] Note that 14% is the *best* they have achieved. It would be interesting to know what the average is.
