The current geopolitical uncertainties are driving interest in renewables and solar is attracting more attanetion than most forms. According to Technology Review, “in 2003, more conventional solar panels were manufactured than ever before, yet all of them, together, yielded just 750 megawatts of electricitythe equivalent of one average-size coal-fired power plant.”
General Electric, Konarka Technologies, Nanosolar, Nanosys, Siemens, and STMicroelectronics are among the pack chasing the holy grail of practical, low cost, and of course plastic solar cells.