Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are investing in a new enterprise called Nanosolar, which specializes in thin-film photovoltaics. They’re not as efficient as regular crystaline cells, but they are less expensive and with deep pocketed investors are bound to get better. Alternative energy may be trendy, but Sergey and Larry are not known for unwise investments. (more on CNet)
Google Founders Investing in Nanosolar
By Nick Aster | June 27th, 2005 
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June 29, 2005 at 9:30 am PDT | Treehugger writes:
Google Founders Invest in Nanosolar
CNET reports that Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page (along with brother Carl Page) are investors in Nanosolar, which specializes in thin-film solar cells, according to the company’s Web site. These thin-film solar cells are less efficient in h…
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