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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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On Earth Day, a look at solar storage

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The sun supplies less than 1% of energy in the U.S., in part because there's no good way to store the sun's power. A Southern California company thinks it's found the solution. From the Marketplace Sustainability Desk, Sarah Gardner reports.

The power of sunlight (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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