Re:Cost ? (Score 1)

The article says "The flagship product, Nanosolar SolarPly, is a 14 feet x 10 feet solar electricity module delivering 120 watts per square inch at 110V. The company is now offering solar panels at below $1 per peak watt." 120 watts per square inch ought to happily ring the bells of even a 12" screen laptop. That's 17.28kW per square foot, which admittedly sounds ludicrous, but if that's the case, I want to see their entry for the solar challenge race. A 5'x10' array (about right for a solar challenge car) should, at peak, deliver in excess of 1100hp. There's that Hope diamond sized grain of salt, given that, by implication, their 14'x10' panel should throw out more than 2.4MW at peak. Which also means that that same panel, at just under $1/peak watt is sort of expensive for the average homeowner. I want one though.