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Nanosolar Creates Largest Thin-Film Tool PDF Print E-mail

by: Jennifer Kho
Published online at Green Tech Media June 18, 2008 nanosolarcreateslargestthinfilmtool_medium_image1_404.jpg

Nanosolar said Wednesday it has created the industry’s largest solar production tool: a thin-film coater that has the capacity to produce up to 1 gigawatt of solar cells annually.

That compares with 10 to 30 megawatts of annual production capacity for most solar production tools, CEO Martin Roscheisen wrote on the company’s blog.

The tool, which uses the Nanosolar’s nanoparticle ink, costs $1.65 million and – at the speed at which it’s currently running, 100 feet per minute -- produces cells for a hundred times less than a high-vacuum process, he wrote.

Roscheisen, who also included a video of the tool in his post, said the company expects the tool to have the potential to reach speeds of up to 2,000 feet per minute.

He added that the tool delivers cells that can convert sunlight into electricity with up to 14.5 percent efficiency, but declined to answer a question about the average efficiency of the cells that are being produced.

 

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Step Up To The Plate

By Justin Ellis
Portland Press Herald Blog October 04, 2007
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League of Young Voters billed Wednesday night's "Step Up To The Plate" awards as "not your typical awards ceremony. Which in some ways was true, but in others was only sort of true.

The League of Young Voters billed Wednesday night's "Step Up To The Plate" awards as "not your typical awards ceremony. Which in some ways was true, but in others was only sort of true.

Wednesday’s occasion, which was also co-sponsored by the Bollard, was to recognize the work of the many people around Portland who do work to change people’s lives in ways big and small, or generally just make living here generally pleasant.

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