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E.U. Plan to Curb Emissions Favors Solar, But Not Everyone Is Happy

The European Commission released on Wednesday its plan to reduce carbon dioxide levels by directing €50 billion to clean energy research and development over the next ten years, with €16 billion ($23.5 billion) of that money reserved for solar photovoltaic power. The Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Planmay be the latest step in the European Union’s [...]

Wacker Chemie Exits Solar Industry, China Government to Curb Silicon Oversupply

Wacker Chemieis getting out of the business of making silicon wafers for the solarmarket to focus on producing silicon instead, the company saidWednesday. The German company announced the move four months after it opened a new wafer factorywith its joint-venture partner Schott Solar. At the time, Wacker saidit intended to expand the wafer manufacturing capacity [...]