[Its.an.education.project] Ivan's latest blog entry on OLPC

[Martin Sevior]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM,  <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
>> So I am taking on the question of electricity in villages,
>
> Power shouldn't be a big problem
> Solar panel will on average produce equivalent of full power 4 hrs per day most locations
> Mount could be local bamboo or whatever
>
> eg. 160W panel will produce 640 Wh/d
> Charge each OLPC 20 Wh/d (I think?)
> Panel will support up to 32 OLPC
>
> Cost of 25 OLPC = 25x180=$4500
>
> Solar system
> Panel $800
> Car 12V battery $100
> Cables, regulator, connectors $100
> Total       $1000
>

Jim Gettys quoted a price per peak watt for $2.50 for solar so that
would bring the cost down to $400 for the panel.

Jim, can you tell us the name of the supplier for the $2.50/Watt solar cells?

I haven't found them on the internet yet.

(Actually at those prices I'm thinking of going into business to
import them into Australia. Current prices here at 3 times higher than
that!)

Cheers

Martin

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