Article Abstracts | July 2007
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Solar Technology: Seeking Its Day in the Sun
Researchers are lowering costs and improving efficiency.
by Michael A. Greenwood, News Editor
Throughout its long history, Japan has been known as the land of the rising sun. A modern adaptation of that moniker might be the land of the multiplying solar panels.
The island nation has embraced the sun’s considerable power and continues to lead the world (along with Germany) in the use of the clean, ever-renewable and, some would argue, perfect energy source.
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