[LINK] world's largest solar plant

Craig Sanders cas at taz.net.au
Thu Sep 10 08:27:49 AEST 2009


On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 12:41:55PM +0000, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> LOWEST COST PRODUCER: First Solar is the world's lowest-cost producer
> of photovoltaic modules, which turn sunlight into electricity, with a
> manufacturing cost for its cadmium telluride-based modules of about 87
> cents per kilowatt.  

87 cents per KILOwatt? i'll buy 5 KW worth. hell, at that price, i'll
buy 100 KW worth ($87) and cover the roof of my house, garage, and every
square inch of my back yard and pass any leftovers on to my neighbours.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>



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