Nanosolar - a Breakthrough in Solar Technology

Nanosolar Technology Overview from Nanosolar Communications on Vimeo.

Nanosolar is a company based in California that has come up with an innovative way to create Solar Panels. The Solar Panels are printed on Aluminium Sheets, much as you would print a Newspaper. Traditional Solar Panels are manufactured using Silicon(similar to semi-conductor technology) which is a very expensive manufacturing process, but Nanosolar uses a propriatory C.I.G.S. (Copper, Indium, Gallium, and Selenium)process (similar to printing), along with a nano-particle ink.

Nanosolar has managed to produce low cost panels that can be mass produced quickly and easily, with efficiencies running around 12%. So Nanosolar can produce Solar Panels at a very cost-effective rate, that approaches traditional methods of generating electricity (ex. coal-fired plants), with the added benefit of zero pollution.