Growing demand for solar panels has increased the number of suppliers of high purity silicon, its key raw material, including those in China. Peter Marsh, FT manufacturing editor, reports from Asia Silicon in the remote Chinese city of Xining. For more FT video content, visit the Financial Times video page at: www.ft.com
The University of Minnesota's ICON house, named for how its asymmetrical roof may come to symbolize solar homes in the future, is powered entirely by the sun. It has solar panels aplenty plus the latest in energy-efficient materials. In fact, the house can generate 13 months of energy over a 12-month period, meaning it could conceivably have energy to spare for the power grid. The Solar House project brought together students from the Institute of Technology, College of Design and the College of Continuing Education who have conceived of the concept of the home and built it from the ground up. Now, these U of M students will take the house to Washington DC to compete in the Solar Decathlon.
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