Nanosolar’s solar cell

s, the green future technology?

Solar energy has been around for many years now. It is one of the best renewable energy sources as it is carbon neutral and low in maintenance once you’ve installed all the panels. The high manufacturing costs, however, and the high operational costs not to forget, have been the main factor why traditional energy sources haven’t been swapped in for clean solar energy. This is set to change though, as Nanosolar Inc. is leading the way to a more cost efficient solar energy source.

Nanosolar is a company founded in 2002 which is working on the world’s largest solar cell factory in California and has just finished the world’s largest panel-assembly factory in Germany. Nanosolar has succeeded in creating a solar coating that is the most cost-efficient solar energy source so far. They say that they can reduce production costs of a solar cell from 3 dollar a watt to 30 cents a watt. If so, Nanosolar’s solar cells will be cheaper than burning coal to generate power

This cost reduction was managed by using an innovative technology which coats thin metal sheets with a microscopic layer of printer ink which contains minuscule solar cells. With this formula the company has plans to mass produce these cost efficient solar panels. The plant which will manufacture these cells is being built as we speak and will more then quadruple solar cell production in the United States.The possibilities of these solar cells are enormous. Imagine if we put Nanosolar solar cells on all the roofs of the houses in a city. This would greatly reduce the need for grey energy once and for all.

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