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Scaling Up Solar Power
Applied materials makes the equipment needed to produce the biggest Solar Panels in the world. In 2006, semiconductor-equipment giant Applied Materials got into the solar-power market in a big way. At the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, you can see just how big: a ceiling-mounted crane lifts a piece of glass the size of a garage door onto a table for testing. The glass sheet, covered …