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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:37 PM Original message |
Sunny outlook for solar power |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here's the Earth Policy Institute report |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. The United States has dropped from third to fifth place as a solar cell manufacturer since 2005 |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Solar concentrator technology, thin film technology, and nano technology are coming on fast |
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patch1234 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. is any thin-film solar PV, actually for sale? |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Nanosolar in Palo Alto is producing thin film solar right now as I type--google it |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Uni-Solar (United Solar Ovonics AKA ECD Ovonics) has been selling Thin-Film PV for some time now |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. From the EPI report |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Nearly ready to compete with fossil fuel" |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You're right |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. When one year passes that China doesn't build a new coal-fired plant |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. renewable energy being produced by 2020, 2030, 2050 |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. If we had 20, 30, or 40 years to work on solutions, our perceptions would be the same |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. If one reads the news regularly....... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. "people are posting good news here every day." |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yes they are. |
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cedric (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. You may find this of interest |
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cedric (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Wrong link |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Thanks, great articles!!! Here's some graphs from one of them on solar economics |
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