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What is holding back the growth of solar power?
2016-01-31 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Sixty years ago, the price of solar panels was astronomical. At a cost of $1,910 (1,350) per watt in todays money, the only practical use for them was in space on the US Vanguard 1 satellite, which launched in 1958. But slowly and then precipitously the price of building a solar cell came down. Today it is less than $0.80 (0.55) per watt. The subsequent proliferation of panels (especially in Europe, China, US and India) has tracked along the dizzying curve that eventually lead to the market...
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