Someone just unloaded 29,000 shares and the stock is at .52 on the Vancouver exchange. JB and the other moderators are very silent. Some news about the progress of the lab, licensing, sales of the AR box etc is really needed to rally the troops.
Here's a small part of the reality. I can't figure out why so many here are negative or nervous. Email from Tom Scarpa:
Jim,
Sorry it took so long to answer this. We have been very busy.
Perhaps the use of the term thin-film is not totally accurate when we talk about our roll-to-roll process that we hope to develop at Kodak. Most thin film processes involve some kind of spray on or some such technology. The problem with most thin-film processes is that they have low efficiencies and don’t last very long. In the case of Natcore’s process, we are growing small carbon nano-tubes and weaving them into a fabric. Our process will be more stable and durable with a life span comparable to poly silicon cells with about the same efficiencies. Dennis believes that we can produce at least a prototype cell in 2012. We think we can manufacture these cells commercially sometime in 2013. (underline by JB)
If you have any questions, give me a call and we can discuss it.
Tom **************************************************************************************************************************************** From: jb Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 8:40 AM To: Tom Scarpa Subject: FW: Co-founder of Natcore recognized by science community for his solar work
GM Tom,
I am trying to figure out if the article below was referring to flexible thin-film roll-to-roll when it stated thin-film.
From the latest article:
Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thin-film solar in Wikipedia:
Initially appearing as small strips powering hand-held calculators, thin-film PV is now available in very large modules used in sophisticated building-integrated installations and vehicle charging systems. GBI Research projects thin film production to grow 24% from 2009 levels and to reach 22,214 MW in 2020. "Expectations are that in the long-term, thin-film solar PV technology would surpass dominating conventional solar PV technology, thus enabling the long sought-after grid parity objective."
A silicon thin-film cell uses amorphous (a-Si or a-Si:H), protocrystalline, nanocrystalline (nc-Si or nc-Si:H) or black silicon. Thin-film silicon is opposed to wafer (or bulk) silicon (monocrystalline or polycrystalline).
Natcore has always referred to their flexible roll-to-roll product as thin-film. However, the link in the latest article doesn't refer to the flexible product.
I'd really appreciate it if you would clerify this for me.
Thanks,
Jim
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jb To: scarpa@natcoresolar.com Subject: Co-founder of Natcore recognized by science community for his solar work Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:53:43 -0600
Hi Tom,
Have you seen this article yet?
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.
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