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Applied Materials Develops Solar fab2farm Business Model

Model offers blueprint for affordable clean energy, local economic development

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

To help meet the world’s critical need for renewable energy, Applied Materials, Inc. has developed an innovative fab2farm business model for solar deployment designed to bring cost-effective, utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation capability to local areas and stimulate economic development. The fab2farm model represents a complete regional ecosystem, bringing together communities, utilities and solar panel manufacturers to drive down the cost of solar electricity, create gre...

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