CIGS sold on eBay!

December 19, 2007
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Not your average eBay item up for grabs, rather a
piece of photovoltaic technology history. Nanosolar, roll-to-roll
Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) PV solar start-up, has put one
of its first three production line commercially-produced PV modules
(Panel #2) up for sale on eBay with a $10,300 starting price!

 

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Nanosolar CEO Martin Roscheisen announced the start of volume production via the corporate blog on the Nanosolar  website.

Interestingly,
Panel #3 has been donated to the Tech Museum in San Jose while Panel #1
will be on display at Nanosolar’s headquarters in San Jose.

Could be the perfect tech-geek Christmas present!

Here is a link to the Nanosolar eBay auction.

 

 

Image: Nanosolar CEO, Martin Roscheisen
 

 

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