Potential dumpster diving opportunity.

wb5mmb wb5mmb at pobox.com
Thu Feb 7 23:15:47 CST 2013


I was wondering the same thing. Also what is the energy break even 
point for wind mills?
Also the plant opened in 1981.
     Sandy


At 11:56 PM 2/7/2013, you wrote:
>Uh, no. Even if they made the wafers somewhere else,
>a silicon fab takes a lot of power.
>
>that brings to mind an interesting question:
>given the amount of energy required to fabricate a polycrystaline
>solar cell, how long does it have to operate at max power output
>to recover the energy used in making it? IE, how long before it is
>net-energy positive?
>
>     -mo
>
>
>On 2/6/13 8:26 PM, wb5mmb wrote:
>>Did that factory ever come close to providing enough power to run it self?
>>      Sandy
>>      WB5MMB
>>
>>
>>At 06:51 PM 2/6/2013, you wrote:
>>>The B P Solar factory in Frederick M D is being demolished. One 
>>>section of roof is laying crumpled on the ground. Half the 
>>>remaining roof is intact with huge solar arrays ready for destruction.
>>>73 Karl W4KRL
>>>Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
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