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March 8, 2007

White House funding solar energy company

  • Konarka Technologies' is developing flexible strips of plastic solar cells.
    • By MARK JEWELL
    AP Business Writer

    BOSTON — A company trying to harness energy from sunlight and interior light to wirelessly power everything from cell phones to signboards now has financial backing from the White House.

    President Bush's program to help solar energy compete with conventional electricity sources will help fund Konarka Technologies' development of flexible plastic solar cell strips — material that could be embedded into the casings of laptop computers and even woven into power-producing clothing to energize digital media players or other electronics.


     
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