tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408890.post114351311393957524..comments2024-02-07T21:14:26.719+11:00Comments on Oikos: Solar power can make you very, very richDavid Jefferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826563619710355534noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408890.post-1143749987819154152006-03-31T07:19:00.000+11:002006-03-31T07:19:00.000+11:00Getting rich in solar cell production may also hav...Getting rich in solar cell production may also have something to do with Chinese manufacturing plants using western technology. $5.5b in market cap and $226m in sales is not extreme in the a growth industry. Letting the Chinese use their energy to build 'our' solar cells and sell them to us at artifically low exchange prices is a great deal. Poor Shell Solar in my town (Camarillo, CA) where they certainly pay many times more for the same amount of energy at market rates to build their solar cells. Good news is we are only one paradigm away from either an efficiency or manufacturing cost advance that makes solar photovoltaics fully competitive. California Gov. Arnold S. pushes the "million solar roofs initiative" but a few percent more in conversion efficiency or a 40% drop in manufacturing costs per watt would have 10 million roofs sprout PV panels.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408890.post-1143630583746077812006-03-29T22:09:00.000+11:002006-03-29T22:09:00.000+11:00Enlightening post. I have being reading up on the...Enlightening post. <BR/><BR/>I have being reading up on the whole energy/peak oil/solar debate over the past few weeks and the echoes have been of general support for renewable energy, but not without an annoying distraction from "sounds eco-friendly" biofuel.<BR/><BR/>I haven't heard a peep from those actually involved in solar power technology... and now I see why.<BR/><BR/>I was surprised by potential of this industry; money may inevitably be the driving force towards renewable energy.<BR/><BR/>Vincenze.Vincenzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374502737974063014noreply@blogger.com