dye pull the plug on springtree , page-30

5 to 15 years???

Tata said in June they hoped to commercialise by mid-2014 at the latest ("in the next 2-3 years") and I'm pretty sure they already knew they had to achieve grid parity.

I'm looking for the SP to kick bigtime if/when Tata (not Dyesol!) confirms this timeframe.


Happy to concede Dyesol has no cred when it comes to predicting when solar steel will hit the market:

16 Dec 2008, ASX announcement:
"product will become available from the first production line in 2010 for selected customers". (2 years away)

30 Oct 2009, article in The Australian, ‘Dyesol duo’s power play’
“The pilot plant was commissioned in June and the plan, all going well, is to have a volume manufacturing plant operating in 2011.” (2 years away)

Apr 2011, Retail Investor Conference
Commercialisation by FY 2013. (2 years away)

Oct 2011, Retail Investor Conference
Commercialisation by CY 2013. (2 years away)