“There’s over 30 billion square feet of large, flat commercial rooftop space (in the United States). If we covered that with our solar panels, that would generate 150 gigawatts, enough electricity to generate power for 15 percent of U.S. homes.”
That’s the words of Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet (formerly VP @ Applied Materials for those [...]
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Neat video (courtesy YouTube) from the show How It’s Made about how solar panels are built.
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Tags: · manufacturing, solar panels, video