"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
Anyone know where I might find an honest ROI analysis of solar power?

Everything I find is baloney-nosed in favor of the writer's point of
view.

I suspect that solar, if you take away subsidies and tax credits, is a
big-time total loser.


http://www.iflscience.com/technology...ovoltaic-cells

excerpt:

Researchers have developed a clever way to turn everyday surfaces into solar
panels: Just cover them in a flexible film treated with spray-on solar
cells.

"My dream is that one day you'll have two technicians with Ghostbusters
backpacks come to your house and spray your roof," University of Toronto's
Illan Kramer says in a news release. And it's not just for the roof of your
house. Spray-on solar works for surfaces ranging from patio furniture to car
tops and airplane wings. You might even be able to use it to power your
tablet.

Kramer and colleagues developed the "sprayLD" system using tiny
light-sensitive materials called colloidal quantum dots (CQDs). Once they're
printed onto a flexible film or bendy plastic, these miniscule
solar-sensitive dots can be used to coat various surfaces. A car roof
wrapped with CQD-coated film can convert enough energy to power three
100-watt light bulbs or 24 compact fluorescents.

The name sprayLD is a play on ALD, or atomic layer deposition, a
manufacturing method where materials are laid down in single one-atom-thick
layers at a time. Until now, CQDs were only incorporated into surfaces
through a slow, expensive process called batch processing, which works like
an assembly-line for chemical coating. Instead, with sprayLD, liquid
containing CQDs is blasted onto flexible surfaces directly--like printing
the news onto rolls of paper. Compared with the assembly-line approach, the
roll-to-roll coating method simplifies the incorporation of solar cells into
existing manufacturing processes. ...

...Jim Thompson
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:58:32 -0800, "Bill Bowden"
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
Anyone know where I might find an honest ROI analysis of solar power?

Everything I find is baloney-nosed in favor of the writer's point of
view.

I suspect that solar, if you take away subsidies and tax credits, is a
big-time total loser.


http://www.iflscience.com/technology...ovoltaic-cells

excerpt:

Researchers have developed a clever way to turn everyday surfaces into solar
panels: Just cover them in a flexible film treated with spray-on solar
cells.

"My dream is that one day you'll have two technicians with Ghostbusters
backpacks come to your house and spray your roof," University of Toronto's
Illan Kramer says in a news release. And it's not just for the roof of your
house. Spray-on solar works for surfaces ranging from patio furniture to car
tops and airplane wings. You might even be able to use it to power your
tablet.

Kramer and colleagues developed the "sprayLD" system using tiny
light-sensitive materials called colloidal quantum dots (CQDs). Once they're
printed onto a flexible film or bendy plastic, these miniscule
solar-sensitive dots can be used to coat various surfaces. A car roof
wrapped with CQD-coated film can convert enough energy to power three
100-watt light bulbs or 24 compact fluorescents.

The name sprayLD is a play on ALD, or atomic layer deposition, a
manufacturing method where materials are laid down in single one-atom-thick
layers at a time. Until now, CQDs were only incorporated into surfaces
through a slow, expensive process called batch processing, which works like
an assembly-line for chemical coating. Instead, with sprayLD, liquid
containing CQDs is blasted onto flexible surfaces directly--like printing
the news onto rolls of paper. Compared with the assembly-line approach, the
roll-to-roll coating method simplifies the incorporation of solar cells into
existing manufacturing processes. ...


Interesting. I have no problem with solar where it makes sense. More
and more of our traffic signals like flashing yellow in curves, etc.,
are solar powered.

Of course Arizona is near optimum for available sunlight.

...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson | mens |
| Analog Innovations | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| San Tan Valley, AZ 85142 Skype: skypeanalog | |
| Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.