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August 9, 2011

5 Breakthroughs for Solar Cheaper Than Coal

Karl Burkart, Mother Nature Network


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There was some good news last week. While Washington was busy holding the global markets hostage and placing billions in badly needed R&D funding on the chopping block, a new report from REN21 (the Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century) showed that global investments in renewable energy jumped 32 percent to a record $211 billion, this despite a downturn in the economy and massive R&D cuts in clean energy.

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TAGGED: technology, Research, Coal, Solar energy

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