"The Largest Manufacturing Industry in the History of Mankind"
We believe in the power of manufacturing. We take silicon, a known, safe, and abundant material, process it at dramatically lower costs while increasing cell efficiency. These manufacturing technologies continue to aggregate over time, furthering the leading position of silicon in photo-voltaics.
Over the last 30 years, the cost of silicon PV has dropped by a factor of 30. This phenomenon will hold true for the coming decades. Manufacturing innovations in silicon PV will decrease costs by 10% per year through 2020, at which point solar electricity becomes cheaper than coal.
At 1366 we are developing the key manufacturing technologies to enable such rapid cost reductions.
Prof. Emanuel Sachs, 1366 Technology's Chief Technical Officer, to the US Congress: "By 2020 we're talking trillions of dollars in total revenue..." click here to find out more