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I would strongly second aquaculture. This article is full of flat-out wrong information.

Evergreen Solar, for example, is not a thin-film solar company. They have a "string ribbon" technology for working w silicon, but it has nothing to do w thin film deposition, nothing at all.

China is definitely not the world's second biggest market - I don't know where that comes from. Spain was probably number two last year - since the Spanish subsidy change, no one knows who's number two this year. It could be the US. But it's not China. They're just getting started with their market.

Also, anyone who knows anything about installations would mention the role an inverter plays, rather than a "control system." (Why not just say "thingamajig"?)

The conversion efficiencies described are way off too. First Solar's thin film panels regularly convert 10% today. Commercially sold silicon panels today are more like 14-15%. Top lab-tested panels are at least in the high 20s, perhaps even more. These numbers make a difference.

The list goes on...