tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22841825.post9004818784871285341..comments2023-06-24T09:06:23.331-05:00Comments on Discomfit Magazine: Printing presses running solar electric film?Michael Caddellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325607602802654300noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22841825.post-66707729638665517712008-06-22T09:52:00.000-05:002008-06-22T09:52:00.000-05:00From Nanosolar's blog:Our 1GW CIGS coater cost $1....From Nanosolar's blog:<BR/><BR/><I>Our 1GW CIGS coater cost $1.65 million. At the 100 feet-per-minute speed shown in the video, that’s an astonishing two orders of magnitude more capital efficient than a high-vacuum process: a twenty times slower high-vacuum tool would have cost about ten times as much per tool.</I><BR/><BR/>Please note: That's the price for <B>one</B>. Printing Press #2 would cost about a third less because all they have to do is follow the blueprints from unit #1. As you build more the process becomes more streamlined and efficient. The difference in cost to build the first Model T and the last was something like 200 to 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com