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Is China Developing a Solar Energy Monopoly?
May 5, 2008
As other countries continue to thrive on the solar boom, the United States is falling behind in solar cell capacity and adoption of panels and plants. China surpassed Japan and Germany in 2007 as the top world producer of solar cells, and may eventually develop a monopoly over time. The question will be how consumers absorb the cost of solar power over time in each respective country.