Jim Brown

Who Will Crack the CIGS Nut in Thin Film?

Thanks Neal. So the ten+ PV companies traded on US markets who already are producing 200MW to 600MW to meet sales for 2008 are way ahead of the curve, though new technology may provide real competition at some point. Some "old" PV guys are getting up to 23% conversion rates, and expect to have 600MW to 2GW production by end of 2009. How long will it take for Intel, HP, IBM et al to buy, set up suppliers, hire and train staff and develop proven QC to produce sales info etc? The same 2 to 5 years?