Solar companies are fun to write about because they hold one of the main keys to our future with their access to the most abundant energy source in our galaxy – the sun. Countries around the world are pouring money into solar field projects and think-tanks for the development of more scalable, cost-effective technologies to harness this abundant, free-energy source. SmallCap companies like Solar Thin Films (OTC:SLTZ) are in a good position as society is shifting more and more away from its long-time dependence on fossil fuels.The Company’s stock is lightly traded and their market cap is pretty low, but today traders have already purchased more than 177,000 shares and given it a nice bump to $0.20 per share before giving back some ground to its current price of $0.17 per share.
Solar Thin Film’s offers state-of-the-art "turnkey" solutions and proprietary equipment (including chemical vapor deposition and sputtering chambers) for the production of solar modules - with cost effective and scalable capital expenditures. The Company also provides related professional services designed to make it easy for customers to scale operations and integrate them into large-scale power projects.
A popular article I just read "Solar Cells Could Turn Freeways Into Power Plants" gave some interesting ideas for the future of solar power:
Most people think of freeways as utilitarian structures, and nothing more. But for Swedish architect and urban strategist Mans Tham, freeways are majestic structures that could serve another important purpose.
In an effort to make freeways more attractive and functional, Tham would like to see Los Angeles’ famed highways covered in photovoltaic cells to power the very city the freeway bisects.
Solar panel freeway imageAside from providing extra electricity to cities throughout the region, the proposal could “bring green-tech jobs for farming, harvesting and processing to the very neighborhoods that today are the most disadvantaged by their proximity to the freeway.”
Tham estimates that if the Santa Monica Freeway was covered with solar panels between downtown L.A. and the coastline, it could provide 115 MW — enough electricity to power the needs of a city like Venice, California.
“The possibility of producing energy within the city is much better than ruining a desert for a solar farm and then losing energy on expensive transmission lines,” said Tham. “By letting infrastructure be a visually powerful part of the city, inside and out, its citizens are allowed to understand and cherish the complexity of their daily urban life.”
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