On December 18th, 2007, Nanosolar announced the were shipping their first units. Then--a big nothing! No announcements about follow on orders, no announcement about price, features, performance, new customers besides Beck, etc. The quiet is deafening. Who are they shipping to? Are the solar panels they shipped working? Are they meeting expectations? Is the new production methodology working? Anything you can say?
I hope that Nanosolar is for real, but there are several things that would point to a scam: 1.) Their second production solar panel went up for sale on e-bay. Two fishy things about their offer: (1) "all bidders acknowledge and agree that this panel is presented as a collectable item that may have potential historical value, not an item meeting any specifications." and even worse, "This solar panel is currently in Seller’s possession but it will be held in escrow until 6/1/2009 before local pick-up by the winning bidder." In other words, you can't see it or have it, and they make no claims about it, present no facts about it, do not say how much it is worth, etc. Furthermore, Beck Energy, the company that they are partnering with in Germany, doesn't appear to be more legitimate. I went on their website, and they don't have any working solar working plants, but they appear to be trying to sell investments in their plants to the public!
1.) Their second production solar panel went up for sale on e-bay. Two fishy things about their offer: (1) "all bidders acknowledge and agree that this panel is presented as a collectable item that may have potential historical value, not an item meeting any specifications." and even worse, "This solar panel is currently in Seller’s possession but it will be held in escrow until 6/1/2009 before local pick-up by the winning bidder."
In other words, you can't see it or have it, and they make no claims about it, present no facts about it, do not say how much it is worth, etc.
Furthermore, Beck Energy, the company that they are partnering with in Germany, doesn't appear to be more legitimate. I went on their website, and they don't have any working solar working plants, but they appear to be trying to sell investments in their plants to the public!