Grid Parity In Sight For New Low-Cost Solar Cell (via Clean Technica)
That light barreling down upon us from the end of the tunnel is solar power as cheap as fossil fuels. The latest breakthrough is a low-cost solar cell manufactured with the help of Gallium Arsenide, a compound of the “poor metal” gallium and arsenic. It definitely does not sound like something…
It is nonsensical to talk about producing electricity at 45cents per watt. We measure the cost of electricity by the Kilowatt hour. I suspect this article was trying to saying the panels will cost 45cents per rated watt. This really tells you little about the cost of the electricity. Most panels put out approx 12 volts. The cost of electricity is fairly complex - you have to look at the entire life of the panel - all the costs - and how many KwH of power were produced during that life. Then you can calculate the cost of the electricity.
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