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The News:

Intel and International Business Machines have joined the parade of technology companies making alternative-energy plays

Why It’s Important:

• It’s the support of such big companies that makes solar energy more popular
  
• Maybe in this way the products will get cheaper. Smaller energy bills might lead to smaller product prices. At least I hope so
  

Additional Information:

• Intel is tapping into its long experience working with slabs of silicon.
• IBM is pursuing a technology based on thin, flexible films developed at its research arm.

Where to Learn More:

forbes.com

All I ave to say to this is wow!

I have read about an alternative energy concept by Mexican-born Agustin Otegui.

He has conceived of a next-gen Nano Vent-Skin that sheathes structures in a shimmering solar weave studded with micro-turbines. The concept takes advantage of a structure’s maximum available surface space, and its modular composition allows it to retrofit our old buildings instead of pouring resources into new ones. Plus, the stunning superstructure incorporates micro-organisms to soak up C02.

Read more here about this interesting concept