Future of Solar Panels
Solar panels made with the use of the growing popularity of nanotechnology could
reduce by half the cost of energy than traditional photovoltaic cells, the
developers say the project.
New solar technologu now have the potential to reduce the cost of solar power to
1 U.S. dollar for one hour kw. Recall that the cost of energy derived from the
cheapest of the commercially available at this time for solar panels from Solar
Inc., Is 1.39 U.S. dollar per one kilowatt / hour.
"This technology promises to make solar energy cheaper than using oil and gas",
- said Alf Borsef general director of Norwegian company Scatec AS. - "In the
beginning we were dealing with photovoltaic cells and thin-film elements, and
now, finally, came to nanotechnology. In this, the third, the technological
wave, we reduce the cost of solar energy by half."
The historical role of solar energy to reduce dependence of the global economy
from the mining of fossil fuels is seriously limited by its cost of production.
Solar energy at this time is more expensive than energy from coal, uranium, and
even other alternative sources like wind. Although sales of solar panels has
increased over the past year by 41%, and annual power generation of solar panels
does not exceed 2.5 GW in the world, ie is equivalent to making an annual
average of two nuclear power plants.