{"id":217851,"date":"2010-01-21T18:35:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T23:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/?p=6490"},"modified":"2010-01-21T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T23:35:17","slug":"solar-power-at-70-cents-per-watt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/217851","title":{"rendered":"Solar power at 70 cents per watt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/news\/frame.html?main=\/news\/news_single.html?id%3D11704\" >Via KurzweilAI.net<\/a> &#8212; An impressive milestone in solar power efficiency.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Oerlikon Promises 30% Lower Solar Module Production Costs in 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\">Renewable Energy World, Jan. 20, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Oerlikon Solar plans to reach production costs at grid\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/21\/solar-power-at-70-cents-per-watt\/loadBrain('Parity')\">parity<\/a> by the end of this year, meaning the company is on track to offer its customers an advanced fab design capable of producing solar modules for 70 cents per watt by that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/21\/solar-power-at-70-cents-per-watt\/loadBrain('Time')\">time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oerlikon Solar said that it has driven down module costs by around 25 percent, raising efficiency and improving the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/21\/solar-power-at-70-cents-per-watt\/loadBrain('Productivity')\">productivity<\/a> of its lines from 60 MW in 2008 to 100 MW in 2009 without additional equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The company also said that it is on track to deliver another 30% cost\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/21\/solar-power-at-70-cents-per-watt\/loadBrain('Reduction')\">reduction<\/a> by end of 2010, enabling customers to offer solar electricity at grid-competitive prices in many parts of the world.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyworld.com\/rea\/news\/article\/2010\/01\/oerlikon-solar-promising-30-cost-reduction-in-2010\" >Read Original Article&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6490\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2464417&#038;post=6490&#038;subd=davidkirkpatrick&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via KurzweilAI.net &#8212; An impressive milestone in solar power efficiency. 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