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  • Suntech Power develops cheaper, high-efficiency solar panels

    Suntech Power develops cheaper, high-efficiency solar panels

    Chinese solar-panel manufacturer Suntech Power has developed a better way to make high-grade silicon wafers for solar cells that could cut the cost of solar power by as much as 10-20%. In fact, the idea underlying the process was patented more than 20 years ago, but it was never commercially developed by the patent owners. When the patents expired…