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U.S. hits solar snooze button

Posted on October 05, 2008

By Joseph Romm The world's second-largest maker of solar batteries plans a massive increase in capacity to meet soaring demand. Bloomberg reports: The company will raise the capacity to 6 gigawatts as early as 2014, from 1 gigawatt estimated for 2010 ... Sharp, which lost its market-leading position to Thalheim, Germany-based Q-Cells AG last year, is focusing on expanding its solar-cell output through thin-film technology. This uses 1 percent the amount of silicon needed for conventional models ...One gigawatt of power is enough to light up at least 200,000 households of four people in ...

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