Re: Re: OT: Electricity generation

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Bendall wrote:
>> Just had a look at the Navitron website. At current (NPI)
electricity
>>
>> prices of around 16p/kWh, the payback time is more than 30 years!
That's
>>
>> assuming you install it yourself as well...
>>
> If electricity prices continue to rise then it potentially reduces
> the payback time, but at the moment this is cutting edge technology
> with high research costs being repayed by ealry-adopters
>

Absolutely, and of course there are other reasons for using renewable
power generation than purely fiscal ones...

>
>
>> Where are all those cheap inkjet printable nano technology solar
panels
>>
>> we were promised? :-)
>>
>>
> They are coming:
> http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/18/nanosolar-begins-shipping-world-s-
> lowest-cost-solar-panel/
> and
> http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/nanosolar-solar-film-rolls-off-the-
> presses-at-100-feet-per-minut/
> The expected current cost of these solar panels is around $1 per watt
>

Excellent, so that's about a 5-6 year payback period. Anyone know how
many W/m^2?

>> For home generation? Excellent! ("It's a bit cold dear, shall
I pull out
>>
>> another carbon rod?")
>>
> Don't you watch the Simpsons? ;op
>

All hail the inanimate carbon rod!

Jim

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