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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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Combined with a Chinese manufacturing boom, that lowered the overall cost of panels by 40 percent this year, Solyndra was unable to compete. The United States spends almost $500 billion annually purchasing energy from other countries. New Jersey is second only to California in adoption of solar infrastructure.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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According to Plet, wind energy is driving an acceleration of HVDC installations in Europe. Grid operators are also installing subsea DC interconnections in other regions to share wind-energy surpluses and connect to backup supplies, such as Scandinavia’s giant hydropower reservoirs. percent, the share of energy met by renewables.

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