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Algeria Said to Plan $60 Billion in Renewable Energy Investment by 2030 Algeria will invest $60 billion in renewable energy projects by 2030, the state-run Algeria Presse Service said, citing Noureddine Bouterfa , chief executive officer of state-run gas and electricity company Sonelgaz.

Samsung to Invest US$21 Billion in Solar Cells, LEDs, More Samsung Electronics plans to invest a massive amount of money to develop new businesses ranging from green energy to healthcare, such as solar cells and biopharmaceuticals. Read more on PC World via Yahoo! News

April 6, 2009 Science at the Theater talk: By exploiting the powers of nanotechnology and taking advantage of non-toxic, Earth-abundant materials, Berkeley Lab’s Cyrus Wadia has fabricated new solar cell devices that have the potential to be several orders of magnitude less expensive than conventional solar cells. And by mastering the chemistry of these materials—and [...]

By exploiting the powers of nanotechnology and taking advantage of nontoxic, Earth-abundant materials, Berkeley Lab’s Cyrus Wadia has fabricated new solar cell devices that have the potential to be several orders of magnitude less expensive than conventional solar cells. And, by mastering the chemistry of these materials—and the economics of solar energy—he envisions bringing electricity [...]