In Photon's side-by-side module test a few years ago, I remember that
one of the worst-performing modules (in kWh/kW) had marketing materials
that targeted the off-grid market. The author suggested that by
targeting off-grid, they were able to obscure their low production-
perhaps another reason why this email is targeting that market.
That being said, those 98c/W Kanekas look interesting...
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Panels for 98 Cents Per Watt
From: wind...@wind-sun.com <wind...@wind-sun.com>
To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Date: 2009/12/10 12:21
That 98c/w is for those Kaneka high voltage thin film panels. Not a bad
price per watt, but they are pretty inneficient - around 7% - so they
take up twice as much space for the same watts.
The blems that I saw were also more than just "spotting".
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Howie Michaelson"
<ho...@suncatchervt.com>
To: <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:02 AM
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Solar Panels for 98 Cents Per Watt
Hi all,
The message below was received by a friend of mine who has done all his
own installation work, including being an early adopter of the FIT program
while living in Germany many years ago. He is wondering if this is a good
deal for his off-grid system.
What thoughts are there about the points made in this pitch? This is the
type of marketing that more and more of my clients are seeing.
Has anyone had any traffic with Sun Electronics that they care to relate?
And, I thought at least the Evergreen blemishes were about minorly
misaligned cells, not spots.
Thanks,
Howie
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