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2006-02-20 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-20 17:49|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 From a more technical site, the big innovation here was that the SAs have figured out how to make panels cheaply. It works out to about $85 for a 50-Watt panel.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-20 18:20|| 2006-02-20 18:20|| Front Page Top

#2 South African silicon technology for 11teen please.

Posted by 6 2006-02-20 18:33|| 2006-02-20 18:33|| Front Page Top

#3 the dreaded Cape Town winter? Brrrrrr

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-20 18:36|| 2006-02-20 18:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Wahhahahahaaha Frank.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-02-20 19:23|| 2006-02-20 19:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks, Moose. But I'll still say it for the umpteenth time.

Efficiency of solar panels means bugger all, because sunlight is free and virtually unlimited.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-20 20:04|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-20 20:04|| Front Page Top

#6 for now. Kojo Annan just began work for Sol, inc. and do they have a UN proposal for you!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-20 20:26|| 2006-02-20 20:26|| Front Page Top

#7 A promising development to be sure, but I must warn you that university professors have a tendency to overstate the commercial values and timetables for new developments. When the German manugacturing engineers speak just as glowingly, I'll be convinced.

Posted by Darrell 2006-02-20 20:45|| 2006-02-20 20:45|| Front Page Top

#8 The panels are able to generate enough energy to run stoves, geysers, lights,

Geysers?
Mistranslation perhaps, by chance do they mean Bidets, fountans or toilets?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-02-20 21:13|| 2006-02-20 21:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Geyser, british, A gas fired water heater.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-20 21:33|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-20 21:33|| Front Page Top

#10 really? Learn something new every day here

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-20 21:34|| 2006-02-20 21:34|| Front Page Top

#11 #10 Frank - we do, don't we?

Ain't Rantburg grand? :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-02-20 22:14|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-02-20 22:14|| Front Page Top

#12 I try, Barbara...it's retaining that new info that I have problems with..... :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-20 22:21|| 2006-02-20 22:21|| Front Page Top

#13 A few things here seem to be left out.

1. How do you enplace such thin panels without breaking them.

2. How does such a thin panel perform over time.

3. For that matter, it seems the panels are so thin that the wires that would have to go through it would stress the material just by the normal expansion and compression during diurnal heating and cooling.

If you produce stuff cheaply that can't be installed cheaply and won't function for more than a few months under normal stress, its really not much of a breakthrough.

Posted by mhw 2006-02-20 22:41|| 2006-02-20 22:41|| Front Page Top

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