<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e1950d56-301c-4ba4-a34a-6dc8cbadb3b4/D82E1F67-F117-478B-9ED5-F3EBFA247C8D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.energyboom.com/solar/thin-film-solar-sector-goes-nuts" href="http://www.energyboom.com/solar/thin-film-solar-sector-goes-nuts" style="font-size: 11px;">www.energyboom.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energyboom.com/solar/thin-film-solar-sector-goes-nuts"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.energyboom.com/img/CB75DB9C-0787-40AE-8583-7959493D75B1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energyboom.com/solar/thin-film-solar-sector-goes-nuts"><P class="p1">A new<SPAN> </SPAN><A href="http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128712/Reportlinker-Adds-Analysis-of-the-development-of-China-thin-film-cells-and-CIGS-thin-film-cells-2009.html" class="ext" target="_blank"><SPAN class="s1">solar industry report</SPAN></A><SPAN class="ext"></SPAN> shows that global PV production in 2008 reached 6.4 GW – an increase of 60% from 2007. China and Taiwan are emerging as world leaders with collectively 40% of the world market share. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energyboom.com/solar/thin-film-solar-sector-goes-nuts"><P class="p2">So why the buzz? Thin film solar uses <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_indium_gallium_selenide" class="ext" target="_blank"><SPAN class="s1">exotic mixtures</SPAN></A><SPAN class="ext"></SPAN> of metals to achieve much lighter and flexible PV cells than silicon, and can be applied directly onto foil, windows, and potentially even used as <A href="http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/scientists-create-energy-producing-solar-paint/" class="ext" target="_blank"><SPAN class="s1">solar paint</SPAN></A><SPAN class="ext"></SPAN>. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Several companies and technologies are competing for this market that will continue to be one of the fastest growing renewable sectors.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.energyboom.com/solar/thin-film-solar-sector-goes-nuts"><P class="p2">The field is exploding. The many breaking thin-film solar stories this week include:</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D82E1F67-F117-478B-9ED5-F3EBFA247C8D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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