News from spaceship Earth: Solar power on the rise.

Countryside & Small Stock Journal | March 1, 2001 | Copyright

In theory, the amount of solar power available on Earth is more than 10,000 times greater than the total global energy consumption. So why isn't it more widely used?

Cost. Electricity from solar panels costs from 30 cents to $1 per kilowatt hour, or about twice as much as power from coal-fired plants.

The good news is, this is changing rapidly. According to a report in Forbes (Jan. 22), there are two main reasons: economies of scale, as the industry grows; and new materials that convert energy more efficiently.

Japanese manufacturers such as Sanyo ...

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