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New Solar Technologies Fueled by Hot Markets

The booming solar-cell industry is driving investment in newer technologies that could make solar power as cheap as electricity from the grid.

The announcement last month that Palo Alto, CA-based Nanosolar had raised $100 million to finance a new solar-cell factory based on an inexpensive process, similar to that used to print newspapers, and that it will make enough cells to produce 430 megawatts of power annually, is just one sign that new types of solar power are emerging as a viable alternative energy source (see "Large-Scale, Cheap Solar Electricity")http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17025&ch=biztech .

By Kevin Bullis

Full Story: http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17104&ch=biztech

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