If, on the one hand, you've got biofuels which represent only a half a percent conversion of sunlight, and let's say you've got photovoltaic cells and concentrated solar power systems, the efficiency of solar in terms of pure conversion is 50-100 times greater.
But we were actually able to get clients in Massachusetts without even having an office there, without having any kind of physical presence there, just by blogging about the Massachusetts state programs and what was going on there in terms of solar energy.
How do we -- when we read these articles in the paper that China is just exploding in terms of wind turbine manufacturing and solar panel manufacturing -- how do we rebuild our manufacturing sector with a manufacturing policy, combined with an energy policy that gets us there?
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Due to this program, the solar energy market in Japan has expanded considerably in terms of availability and efficiency in distribution.
The Index also showed that although fuel-cell technologies remained the hottest of the hot spots in cleantech IP development, solar technologies received more attention than wind power in terms of overall patenting activity in 2010.
In practical terms, it will take decades of nonstop solar, wind and other renewable investment to phase out fossil fuels.
In October, EnviroMission received approval to sell electricity from the first of two planned 200 MW solar power facilities to the Southern California Public Power Authority under the terms of a Power Purchase Agreement.
Of all these "whacky-but-workable" theories the one that has perhaps generated the most interest, both in terms of scientific plausibility and practical implementation, is that of solar reflection.
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In terms of other eco-features, the new EACH building has ground heat-pumps, but not solar panels.
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