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http://www.avasolar.com/
http://www.avasolar.com/news/pressDisplay.php?i=12
In a new 200-megawatt factory, expected to employ up to 500 people, AVA Solar Inc. will start production by the end of next year on the pioneering, patented technology developed by mechanical engineering Professor W.S. Sampath at Colorado State. Based on the average household usage, 200 megawatts will power 40,000 U.S. homes.
Produced at less than $1 per watt, the panels will dramatically reduce the cost of generating solar electricity and could power homes and businesses around the globe with clean energy for roughly the same cost as traditionally generated electricity. The technology is yet another example of Colorado State's leadership in cutting-edge research in the area of alternative energy solutions and sustainability; more than 80 faculty members on campus from all eight colleges are involved in clean energy research, including 25 in the College of Engineering.
Emily.Wilmsen@colostate.edu
Contact for Reporters:
Emily Narvaes Wilmsen
(970) 491-2336
I sent this:
Subject: Cost/Benefit
I just read this:
http://www.avasolar.com/news/pressDisplay.php?i=12
I posted that here:
http://www.power-independence.com/view_topic.php?id=262&forum_id=4&page=2
I have a few questions that will also be posted on the above site (If I get an answer):
How much will it cost to purchase enough Solar Panels to produce $100 dollars worth of electricity at .13 cents per kilo-watt hour for an average home in an average month?
Example:
$30,000.00
Question two:
How long will the solar panels continue to produce $100 dollars worth of electricity at .13 cents per kilo-watt our for an average home in an average month?
Example:
30 years
I can then compute:
30 times 12 times 100 equals:
$36,000.00
So…I call up and get the ball rolling. I earn 6,000 in 30 years (assuming the price of electricity remains at .13 cents per kilo-watt hour).
Please consider answering my question accurately.
Thanks
Joe
I add the request for accuracy since my experience has been to receive answers to questions I didn't ask or non-answers.