Natcore Technology Inc (NTCXF)

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WOW!!!

Thanks for posting that article Dom.

The killer app for Barron’s technology has proven to be ultra-high-efficiency thin-film solar cells at lower costs. Natcore is preparing to mass produce 14 percent efficient thin-film in 2012.

So, Natcore has a KILLER APP!!!

MASS PRODUCE in 2012 would be so sweet!!!

When GE announced they would build a thin-film manufacturing plant, they said their modules will have a 12.8% efficiency. GE claimed that would be the highest anywhere. Natcore has told us that current thin-film plants are very expensive to build while investment for production facilities to produce Natcore's roll-to-roll thin-film will be very low:

The first-generation products from Vanguard's method could produce 15%-16% efficiencies at module costs of 60 cents to 70 cents per watt. It is anticipated that second-generation technology could achieve 20% efficiencies at even lower costs per watt. The investment for production facilities is projected as low as $10 million to $15 million per 100-megawatt to 150-megawatt production capability, as compared with current costs of as much as $250 million for standard solar-cell production facilities. Vanguard's production equipment would be designed for insertion into existing roll-to-roll film-coating lines of the sort that have been displaced by the emergence of digital photography. All production materials are widely available and dramatically cheaper than silicon and other thin-film systems. If successfully developed, the process would enable a very cost-efficient production capability in large-scale facilities.

http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=31038726&qm_symbol=NXT:CA

I'm also very happy to see that Professor Barron's award was related to the LPD process.

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JB