Sharp's announcement also came on the same day that market intelligence outfit, Isuppli, released a report predicting that by 2010, "worldwide investments in the production of photovoltaic (PV) cells will rise to the same level as those for semiconductor manufacturing by 2010". And we all know how important semiconductors are. Isuppli reckons that with such massive solar industry growth, production costs for solar panels could be slashed by up to 40 per cent by 2010. This could mean global grid parity, whereby photovoltaic electricity would cost less, if not the same, than power from the electrical grid. Grid Parity is predicted for sunny countries by 2012 and colder, rainier countries like Britain by 2018. So, when it comes to our energy woes, the sun really could come out tomorrow
Sharp's announcement also came on the same day that market intelligence outfit, Isuppli, released a report predicting that by 2010, "worldwide investments in the production of photovoltaic (PV) cells will rise to the same level as those for semiconductor manufacturing by 2010". And we all know how important semiconductors are.
Isuppli reckons that with such massive solar industry growth, production costs for solar panels could be slashed by up to 40 per cent by 2010. This could mean global grid parity, whereby photovoltaic electricity would cost less, if not the same, than power from the electrical grid. Grid Parity is predicted for sunny countries by 2012 and colder, rainier countries like Britain by 2018. So, when it comes to our energy woes, the sun really could come out tomorrow
PV as the new microchips...oi loik it! ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
heheh
david jacobs and cathy something?!
it's got a nice beat, hasn't it? ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
