Quick hits: Thin Film market overview, Green gadgets, Geothermal
Some musings as we head into the last weekend of winter darkness:
-The AP did a great overview of the thin-film market and some of the benefits of non-silicon based solar cells yesterday.
-Global Solar Energy opened a new plant yesterday that will eventually make it one of the largest CIGS thin-film production facilities in the world. One blog discusses how First Solar has to date, gotten off almost scott free in terms of competition and how the new plant could change that. As I've said in the past, the more successful the industry is as a whole, the better, as the marketing and lobbying power of the industry needs to grow rapidly. *Disclosure: GSE is a Schwartz client.
-Word is that geothermal is getting investor attention and beginning to take off. This is very interesting because the government is also boosting its investment in geothermal in the FY 2009 budget. Others getting a boost? Solar PV, Wind and Biomass. The news is not quite as good for tidal energy.
Finally, a cool round-up of money-saving, green gadgets on CNET.
Enjoy your 47-hour weekend!
Tags: associated press, biofuels, biomass, CNET, earth2tech, first solar, geothermal, global solar energy, solar, solar pv, tidal energy, wind
Posted by Jason Morris on March 7, 2008 at 9:56 AM
