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Sunshine is free, so can photovoltaics be cheap?

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Here’s how to make a solar cell from silicon: take one solid block of doped silicon, saw it into thin wafers, layer said semiconductors beneath a panel of transparent glass, connect them to a metal electrode that can channel away the electrons knocked loose by incoming photons and turn [...]

What is the Real Cost of Power Production?

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Market prices don’t reflect hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden costs of energy production to human health and the environment
Market prices don’t reflect hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden costs of energy production to human health and the environment, a National Research Council panel said in a report released [...]