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Future of Solar Energy

The nation of Dubai announced at the Green Dubai World Forum late last month that the world’s largest manufacturing facility for solar cells will be built in Dubai. The company building the facility, Solar Technologies FZE, is also based in Dubai. They build cells made from thin film silicon on glass, at sizes up to [...]

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0 Carbon Future – Now is the time

Ok, now Al Gore has gone and done it. This speech calling for a 10-year program to shift the entire U.S. electricity production to “0-carbon” via solar, wind, and geothermal is magnificent. It is the embodiment of what “bold vision,” “big hairy audacious goals,” and the “one thing” that changes everything are all about. Can [...]

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