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September/October 2008

Solar Boom

New twists on three leading solar technologies.

By Dean Takahashi

As oil prices have climbed, so has venture investment in alternative energy. According to VentureDeal, a venture-tracking service in Menlo Park, CA, solar-power startups in particular have seen a three-year surge, from a low of no venture investment in the third quarter of 2005 to a high of more than half a billion dollars in the second quarter of this year.

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