Grid parity Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:12:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Thin-Film Solar Cell May Provide Electricity at Grid Parity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-thin-film-solar-cell-may-provide-electricity-at-grid-parity-20121214/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-thin-film-solar-cell-may-provide-electricity-at-grid-parity-20121214/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:21:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29790 No stranger to developing sustainable organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies, Global Photonic Energy Corp. (GPEC), has created a thin-film solar cell that has the ability to provide electricity at grid parity or the cost of traditionally provided electricity. This breakthrough is the direct result of drastically reduced production costs and is based on a method that […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-thin-film-solar-cell-may-provide-electricity-at-grid-parity-20121214/feed/ 0 29790 Australian Solar Power Reaches Grid Parity in Some Places, While Production Moves to China https://www.greenoptimistic.com/australia-nsw-grid-parity-20110819/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/australia-nsw-grid-parity-20110819/#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:30:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20202 Others may not brag with it, but some parts of the New South Wales (NSW) in Australia can say they’ve achieved grid parity and even more – meaning that solar power got cheaper then coal-fired power – a proof subsidy plans can work to achieve the ultimate goal: giving up on fossil fuels. Andrew Blakers, […]

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