other tech/ related tech: Solar panels improving and getting cheaper
A discussion of advances in solar panels is here. The industry needs to get its price down to about $0.52 per watt (cost $0.26) to achieve installed price of under a $1.00/W, (for 13% efficiency Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide / CIGS panels). Daystar Technology may be reaching $3.00-$3.50/W installed price in 2007 with their Gen …