Chad Clark's Open Journal : 2007-02-19

1) Anil Sethi is the chief executive of a Swiss company named Flisom.  They
think they have a new product that will be very appealing to consumers.  If
it is as good as the article says then it should be interesting to see it
get to market.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/02/19/ccview19.xml

  Mr Sethi lovingly cradles a piece of dark polymer foil, as thin a sheet
  of paper. It is 200 times lighter than the normal glass-based solar
  materials, which require expensive substrates and roof support.
  
  ...
  
  It is based on a CIGS (CuInGaSe2) semiconductor compound that absorbs
  light by freeing electrons.
  
  ...
  
  "We don't need subsidies, we just need governments to get out of the way
  and do no harm. They've spent $170bn subsidising nuclear power over the
  last thirty years," he said.