Ih8aloss - I like the second sentence of yours -
Large volumes of printed QD solar cells will be used in large-area grid applications by companies in the Middle East construction market.
And Squires said, 'There are several solar module manufacturers ready and waiting to transfer our printed cells into large area devices.
Here is my deductive speculation - one interpretation of the above - my best guess -
Solterra will be in the business of mass producing only the solar panel "insert" not the mounting. The mounting is cheap, and it is bulky and low profit. The money is in the panel itself, not the wrapping. It can be shipped either by the roll or by the flat sheet to the final assembly on-site spot. This is a further cost savings I had not even thought about. The client gets to use their own mounting that's best for their purpose, we don't have to do "custom made to order" mountings, and we do not have high manufacturing, storage space/inventory concerns for them. We will be the McDonalds of the Solar Industry. Billions Served! Our Solar Plants need only be a fraction of typical size plants. We can set them up anywhere.
I love the words "large-area grid applications". We are talking HUGE applications. This is providing electricity for cities, not just hospitals or universities. "Large-Area" means square miles covered with Solterra Quantum Dot PV Solar Sheets.
Solterra is not selling onesy-twosy rooftop panels to Ma and Pa. We are selling in Bulk. We can produce in 12 days what most solar panel plants produce in a year. We can produce 30 times as fast as the competition. I read this week that First Solar, the largest PV company production is sold out in production orders. We will never be sold out and we can take their excess business, or of those who don't want to wait and do want highest quality, lowest cost, and now, the fastest time.
Finally, we may have more customers than the Saudis right now.
The selection process mentioned in the June PR said that TREC was involved:
If selected, the Solterra solar cell facility would be part of an initiative to build a transmission super grid of power plants and power lines to supply energy to Europe and to seawater desalination plants in the Middle East and North Africa. The initiative has been spearheaded by the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation, or TREC, a consortium led by the renowned "Club of Rome," which includes the German Aerospace Bureau and several universities in Europe and the Middle East.
So, we may be involved in TWO $500 Billion Projects, Saudi Arabia's and TREC.
You know, I have the greatest respect for Mr. Squires. He has done an amazing job in one years time. In small companies especially, the CEO is the salesman. He had to go into Saudi Arabia, with a company in debt, with no infrastructure except a small office and lab rentals at two Universities, a staff of maybe a half dozen, with some vials of nanoparticles in rainbow colors suspended in liquid and maybe some experimental solar panels. The competition is British Petroleum Solar, Shell Oil Solar, and, I am sure, all the major PV Solar firms, some already in production. He had to withstand an extensive vetting by an independent firm. And he had to look the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the eye and say, " we can do it much cheaper, with higher quality, efficiency, longer life, faster production, lighter weight, flexibility of end product, and we are ready now." And close the deal. If there is an award for Executive of the Year, he should win it unanimously. Thank you, Sir, Extraordinary!
