Seeing Solar

There are some exciting developments in the world of solar these days. Check out some of these highlights from the past week:

SoloPower just launched a new thin-film solar product called SFXI-i that's lightweight and flexible. It could be the direction solar heads in the future.

Then again, so could Envision Solar's solar groves, 1,000-square-foot canopies of photovoltaic panels that shade parking lots while generating energy.

And the U.S. Government is putting money behind solar too: President Obama announced last week that the government is spending about $2 billion to fund the world's largest solar power facility in Arizona and the commercial-scale manufacture of thin-film solar panels for two plants.

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