Company can print solar panels with an inkjet

Massachussetts company Konarka Technologies has developed a way to to manufacture solar cells using inkjet printing.

The company says that they have made the process of fabricating solar panels much easier and, more importantly, cheaper because they don’t require a clean room.

Inkjet printing will also allow them to produce solar cells with multiple colors and patterns. This could help them stand out less on the roof of a house, for example.

This development could lead to cost savings passed down to the consumer as well as new uses for solar power. We wonder, though, if Konarka will pull an HP and charge an arm and a leg for the ink cartridges for their printers.