Start-Up Sells Solar Panels at Lower-Than-Usual Cost

Nanosolar, a heavily financed Silicon Valley start-up whose backers include Google’s co-founders, plans to announce Tuesday that it has begun selling its innovative solar panels, which are made using a technique that is being held out as the future of solar power manufacturing.
The company, which has raised $150 million and built a 200,000-square-foot factory here, is developing a new manufacturing process that “prints” photovoltaic material on aluminum backing, a process the company says will reduce the manufacturing cost of the basic photovoltaic module by more than 80 percent.

Renewables investments seen over $100 billion in 2007

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec 8 (Reuters) – World annual investments in renewable energy will top $100 billion for the first time in 2007, led by wind power, according to a report issued at United Nations climate talks on Saturday.
“Policies to promote renewable energy have mushroomed over the past few years,” the Renewable Energy Policy Network, which links governments, industries and other groups, said in its study.

Aptera 1000-300mpg

This has nothing to do with SolarTechnology, but it is important to our energy future, as we spend so much on gasoline fore our transportation.

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