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Solar Panels South Africa

Lori Said:

Has production of Prof. Alberts' solar panel started in South Africa?

We Answered:

The start of production of the South African super-thin solar-panel innovation has been delayed by more than six months due to technical challenges with the equipment at the purpose-built German plant.

Production was expected to start earlier this year, but is now anticipated to kick off in October, says a source close to the project.

The solar panel is the brainchild of University of Johannesburg (UJ) professor Vivian Alberts.

The solar panel he devised is is said to be thinner and cheaper (up to 50%) compared to products currently on the market.

Following Albert's research breakthrough, his employer, UJ, formed the company Photovoltaic Technology Intellectual Property (PTIP) for purposes of commercialisation of the photovoltaic technology.

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