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Jenny Nelson, “Harnessing the Sun” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Energy Pay Back Time - What Is It?

Solar power has been growing at a rate of 30% per year for 20 years. It's going to do that next year and the next year, but it'll have to slow down. And if you use technologies which have a low energy investment, then they're going to contribute more quickly. Tcer bettr ben, that i somat five%. But no matter what am, what you invest in in classical silican modules, is much less than what you get ot.

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