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To: Tom Swift who wrote (24561)	12/18/2007 8:20:36 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Tom. Hm. Where have I heard that same NDA story told many times before? That kinda puts one in a box, I guess, although I can't imagine such superficial posturing, with respect to the selective use of need-to-know criteria, lasting very long. What were the fates of some of the earlier CIGS designs you cited as having been invented years ago? Can you say? FAC ------

To: Tom Swift who wrote (24561)	12/19/2007 12:13:59 AM
From: tech101	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Nanosolar Panel #2 on eBay: cgi.ebay.com "This solar panel is sold AS-IS, without any warranties (either express or implied). As we make no claims to any express or implied warranties, all bidders acknowledge and agree that this panel is presented as a collectable item that may have potential historical value, not an item meeting any specifications. This solar panel is currently in Seller’s possession but it will be held in escrow until 6/1/2009 before local pick-up by the winning bidder (or shipment at cost to the winning bidder). Prior to delivery, the winning bidder agrees to sign an agreement with Seller prohibiting any reverse engineering of the solar panel or its components after the bidder receives the solar panel." The company must be under tremendous presure to push the product out of the door. The business is located in the Silicon Valley. But some high- profile VC such as KPCB, Sierra Ventures, ... are missing from the investors' list. Still I can't find any information on efficiency from the entire Nanosolar website.

To: Tom Swift who wrote (24561)	12/19/2007 12:18:51 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

I read that Nanosolar has some special CIGS patents, created by their former Chief Scientist Eberspacher who founded the company with the CEO. You spray the CIGS on this wallpaper-like stuff that rolls up using dot matrix printers. I thought that was somehow new? Sounded good anyway. But anyhoo, after missing shipment date after shipment date for 2+ years, Eberspacher winds up at Applied Materials as head of their solar division. Meanwhile FSLR who uses CdTe which still mounts on glass, and not the spiffy rolled up wallpaper, was cutting costs and raising efficiencies like gangbusters. In the end utilities actually prefer the robust solar panels on glass, they hold up better.