NanoSolar – Pics and video of the NanoSolar manufacturing process uses GIGS technology to achieve 1 gigawatt per hour production levels of their proprietary solarply solar cells.
The NanoSolar company is headquartered in San Jose, California in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Their Nanosolar SolarPly™ is a lightweight solar-electric cell foil which can be cut to any size that’s non-fragile and no soldering is required for electrical contact.
According to company CEO, Tom Roscheisen, the secret to the new Nano Solar technology is that cells are literally printed from a liquid.
“Most production tools in the solar industry tend to have 10-30MW in annual production capacity. How is it possible to have a single tool with Gigawatt throughput?
“This feat is fundamentally enabled through the proprietary nanoparticle ink we have invested so many years developing. It allows us to deliver efficient solar cells (presently up to more than 14 percent) that are simply printed.”
Nanosolar is one of several companies betting on CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) materials to lower the price of solar electricity.
Compared to traditional silicon-based solar cells, CIGS cells don’t require nearly as much material, have a much lower production cost, and can be produced at a higher rate of speed.
NanoSolar GigaWatt Production Video
And that’s the latest news on NanoSolar.
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June 19th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
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October 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
This is quite a breakthrough in solar technology!