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Google Files First Solar Patent, Builds R&D Team

Posted by Soulskill on from the searching-for-electrons dept.

bizwriter writes "Google has moved beyond investing and using solar power and has started on serious R&D work in the field. Its first patent application in solar energy technology just became public, and the company is staffing a new R&D group 'to develop electricity from renewable energy sources at a cost less than coal' at 'utility scale.'"

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  1. Re:Evil by tqk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Patents are evil Google. Mission failure.

    IP patents may be an oxymoron, I agree. But what they do with a patent is the salient part. Squash competition, or donate it to some patent freedom pool? I'll await further details.

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