Hague Solterra will do more to save the Earth
than 99 percent of the businesses in the world.
I am no EcoRadical but I do what I can in my
personal life, recycling and trying to cut down
my use of non-recyclable goods.
Hague Solterra truly has the potential to reduce
the carbon waste - our carbon footprint - than
any other company. By being the first company to
mass produce Quantum Dot thin film PV solar panels
they will produce a greater good than any other
corporate effort.
First, Solterra Solar Panels use less overall
material than silicon based Panels which need
a substrate like glass, silicon or metal. Our
panels are lightweight poly-film.
Second, Solterra Solar uses raw materials that
are more common, less expensive, and less toxic
than any of its main competitors. We're not using
up limited resources.
Third, "Our standard product warranty is expected to include a five-year warranty period for defects in material and workmanship and a 20-year warranty period for declines in power performance beyond specified levels. "
The low cost of production and materials makes
offering an exceptional warranty a no-brainer and expresses
confidence in the quality and longlife of quantum dots.
The longer the product goes without replacement, the better
for the environment. Of course, Solterra's goals are
improvement in efficiency from 6%, to 10% to 20% over the
next few years, rendering earlier panels less optimal.
However, there could very possibly be a resale market for
less efficient solar panels that would still do the job for
smaller installations' needs.
Fourth, from the Business Overview in the 10-K, "Our objective is to become one of the first solar module manufacturer to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Management believes that the manufacture of our thin film quantum dot solar cells can introduce a cost effective disruptive technology that can help accelerate the conversion from a fossil fuel dependent energy infrastructure to one based on renewable, carbon-neutral energy sources. We believe that our proposed products also can be a part of the solution to greenhouse gases and global warming."
By producing low cost "free" Solar electricity, less carbon-based polluting fuels are used, cost per watt comes down and air quality improves, less ozone is produced, and global warming is reduced.
The key is that Solterra will be able to mass-produce its
product and make solar panel initial cost affordable without
government subsidy. Remember, Solterra claims they can produce in one day what a typical solar plant produces in a month. By having a fixed low cost per watt, people will not be subject or held hostage to increasing carbon based fuel costs.
One can imagine poly-film solar panels on the roof of electric cars or even sprayed onto the vehicle roof surface itself eliminating the need for gasoline. One little reported feature of Quantum Dots is their tunability to light frequency and increased bandwidth. The absorption of unseen infrared frequency makes Solterra Solar products useful in non-sunny days, and even at night!
Quantum Dots in medical and electronic devices will allow lower cost lighting for displays and virtually every application. They will be ecologically smaller, lighter, longer lasting, less toxic and they will start a million new un-thought-of uses for them.
"Lower cost per watt" and "less raw materials" is GREEN.
In this way, we are the Anti-MacDonalds, where they use 10 times the energy and water to produce a lb. of beef than to produce vegetables, where they produce waste byproducts of packaging, Solterra will use less to produce more electricity.
Mass Production of the Solterra Solar Panels improves everyone's quality of life- Air quality, for example, and at the same time means less need for nuclear, oil, and even hydro power, conserving dwindling, and ever more expensive resources.
Solterra's goal is to produce gigawatts of electricity per year. Over 20 years, if the technology keeps increasing, we could produce mega-gigawatts of power each year. Mass Production is the game changer that the disruptive technology of quantum dots enambles and makes Hague Solterra potentially the company that can change the world.
The more use of solar energy, the better and greener the world will be. Solar energy means true energy independence.
