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Chemistry World November 18, 2015 Nelly Berg	A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling South Korean scientists have developed a sustainable process to reclaim silicon wafers from old solar panels and used the salvaged silicon to build new solar cells.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Travis Hoium	A Little Fun With Solar Power Amid a tough earnings season, there's still cool technology being developed in solar.
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The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Dan Bloom	Is the Price of Power Getting You Down? Nanotechnology may dramatically lower solar cell production costs. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2007 Toby Shute	A Sharp Elbow to Your Solar Stock Sharp Corporation, the world's leading solar cell maker, just broke ground on a gigantic manufacturing complex that will primarily produce large-screen LCD panels, and 1,000 megawatts of thin-film solar cells.
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Dave Levitan	The Solar Efficiency Gap Companies continue to push solar-cell efficiency records toward theoretical limits. Are actual production-line solar panels keeping up?
This Old House October 2007 Keith Pandolfi	The Scoop on Solar Power You don't have to live in the Sunshine State to take advantage of renewable energy.
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The Motley Fool February 6, 2008 Toby Shute	Innovation Series: Solar Energy Over the next several years, industry analysts peg the growth of the solar market at around 50% per annum. Read on for an overview of this fast-growing sector.
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National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Scientists Make Quantum Leap in Solar Power In its quest for alternative sources of power, the military has been turning to solar panels. The services have been trying them out on installations and on the backs of troops.
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Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Solar Cell Doubles as Battery Scientists have designed a single, compact device that can both convert solar energy to electricity and store the electricity.
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IndustryWeek November 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Cutting Down Solar Costs New slicing method for germanium reduces waste, could lower costs of higher-efficiency solar cells.
CIO August 15, 2002 Justine Brown	Portable Plastic Power What if you could power portable electronics anywhere you could access solar energy? That's the scenario two researchers at the University of California at Berkeley imagined when they developed a new generation of solar cells that combine nanotechnology with plastic electronics.
Chemistry World May 5, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Nanoholes promise solar power Silicon solar cells with arrays of nano-sized holes could outperform their nanowire-based rivals, say Chinese chemists.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Otis Port	Another Dawn For Solar Power Tech breakthroughs and high energy prices are rekindling the industry.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	I Love Solar Power The sun is increasingly looking like a legitimate source of clean power, and harnessing its energy is becoming an ever-bigger business. Investors can benefit, too.
Geotimes February 2007 Cassandra Willyard	Surprise! Stardust Lands Actual Stardust The dust is clearing around a cosmic puzzle that has long piqued the interest of astronomers. Tiny grains of dust, no larger than the width of a human hair, are revealing the conditions in which the solar system, and perhaps life, got its start.
PC Magazine April 4, 2008 Jim Louderback	Next-Gen Solar Heats Up Thin-film solar panels are a real breakthrough, built via a futuristic mashup of ink jet printing technology, aluminum foil, and space-age chemical compounds.
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IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Neil Savage	Electronics on Anything Chemical trick puts solar cells and other electronics on rice paper, Saran wrap, and more practical things, too
Fast Company December 2008 Chris Turner	The Solar Industry Gains Ground -- And Goes Global At a time of economic pain and planetary peril, a renewable global powerhouse takes shape. Just when we need it most.
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BusinessWeek September 9, 2010 Ira Boudway	Innovator: Phil Denby A British scientist thinks he can make solar cells that could power entire buildings out of particles too small to be seen without an electron microscope.
Fast Company November 2009 Paul Hochman	Solar Power With Style After decades of design neglect, the next wave of solar gear finally gets a blast of style.
Technology Research News March 10, 2004 Eric Smalley	Red wine mends solar cells Researchers from the University of Toledo have found a way to increase energy production using red wine.
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington	World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene.
Chemistry World July 9, 2010 Rebecca Trager	The US solar push The US Department of Energy is awarding nearly $2 billion ( 1.32 billion) in economic stimulus funds to two solar companies, in a major push to develop alternative energy technologies.
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National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Harnessing the Sun's Energy Through Transparent Photovoltaics Researchers here have developed a small transparent solar cell prototype that may one day capture sunlight streaming in through a window and produce enough electricity to power homes and office buildings.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Applied Materials Serves Itself A solar power installation project will be its largest corporate facility to date. Investors, the sun could not only be powering its corporate offices -- it could also be powering its future growth and driving its stock price higher.
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