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To: Michael Winkler who wrote (1286)	11/3/1997 5:32:00 AM
From: Olaf Koch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5827

Michael, are there any listed companies which produce solar cells? I've been looking to invest some money in solar cells but couldn't find any pure plays. Thank you! Olaf

To: Michael Winkler who wrote (1286)	11/3/1997 10:33:00 AM
From: see clearly now	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5827

So, Michael as I understand it one future model would be a home with photovoltaic shingles to collect energy fed to the home power system through an inverter (may not be necessary) backed up with an electrolyzer that converts excess electricity onto hydrogen stored for non sun days. Then our car with its hydrogen fuel cell can be used to produce electricity when/assuming its home?..somewhere in here is maybe the system of the future...how long from now (usually sooner then we think) what are the missing ingredients and who is working on them...thats what I would be interested in investing in.

To: Michael Winkler who wrote (1286)	11/3/1997 10:37:00 AM
From: Craig Woods	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5827

What are the losses for grid transmission ? I dimly remember reading that high tension wire transmission was itself only 30% efficient (i.e. ~70% of the eleectricity fed in is lost as heat in long-distance transmission) Can anyone confirm/deny that? If so, distributed power generation (solar/generator, or hydrogen/FC when feasible) would more than offset the greater efficiencies of utility-scale generation, no? Thanks for the perspective, michael ! Craig