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Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Wednesday that the Department of Energy would guarantee a loan to support solar panel construction on rooftops across 28 states. The project, financed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, would install 733 megawatts of solar panels on commercial buildings – enough energy to supply 88,000 homes. NRG Energy, a power [...]
We’re at risk of missing out on some of the most profound opportunities offered by the technology revolution that has just begun.
Yet many are oblivious to the signs and are in danger of watching this become a period of noisy turmoil rather than the full-blown insurrection needed to launch us into a green economy. What we require is not a new spinning wheel, but fabrics woven with nanofibers that generate solar power. To make that happen, we need a radically reformulated way of understanding markets, technology, financing, and the role of government in accelerating change. But will we understand the opportunities before they disappear?
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