I am going to be buying house within 3 years and when I do I am planning to setup solar panels. Right now solar panels are bulky expensive and not even efficient. But when I watch discover or science channel they show me that there are very cheap and efficient solar panel that is like a sheet developed and now manufacturing. I looked up but I could not find find where they sell them. Do anyone know they sell the new solar panel? If not when do you think it will be sold to consumers?
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The sheet like solar panel you are describing is called Thin Film Photo Voltaics or TFPV for short. The Brunton Solaroll is a portable version of it. I believe a company called INNOVALIGHT is developing/manufacturing it. Unfortunately they do not seem to be selling it as of yet.
I’ve been hearing that there’s going to be a breakthrough in solar panels since I was in college, and I graduated in 1980! Don’t get me wrong, I hope there is cheap solar electricity for everyone, but I’m not holding my breath for a revolutionary development.
That said, 3 years is a good time horizon, because solar panels are expected to come down considerably in that time frame, not by revolution, but by normal evolution of technology. Panels could be 60% of today’s price in 3 years.
Try here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fhomepage.html&tag=tubeblog-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
Good luck
Many Solar panels are available today!
But I would recommend this one: http://www.agritura.com/index.php/cat/c73_Solar-Devices.html
Hi,
There are a lot of places on the internet where you can buy solar panels kits. But i can recommend you this one :
http://build-solar-panel.com/solar-panels-kits.html
Cheers