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Solar power as cheap as fossil fuels?

Applied Material's solar guru says growing scale of solar means lower prices

Charlie Gay, general manager of Applied Materials' solar business, speaks to CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica about solar industry dynamics at the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. Gay, who has worked in the business for over 30 years, says large-scale manufacturing will bring down the price of solar electricity. Investments will result in incremental improvements in panel efficiency, rather than huge technology breakthroughs, he says.

Tags: Solar Energy, Industry, Fossil Fuel, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, Management, Emerging Technologies

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Solar is already lower cost than Fossil Fuelsjstack6@...  | 03/21/08
Yo Dems and Reps...boxfiddler  | 03/21/08
Doesn't matter.Tony Hopkinson  | 03/22/08

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