The Editors suggest checking out the following links:

Cleantech.com: An inside tour of PARC’s cleantech projects - Liquid fuels from air, phosphor-based LED lighting, membrane-less water filtration - the cutting-edge of cleantech at the Palo Alto Research Center

Cleantech.com: Challenging silicon’s grip on solar - Interview with Jin Zhang, who’s developed a new thin-film solar technology

Reuters - Wei Gu: China’s snow storm highlights shortages and spurs inflation - Columnist Wei Gu notes the government decisions that exacerbated energy shortages during the snow storms. Price caps on electricity caused producers to stockpile less coal. Then it started snowing.

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