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Energized seniors

Product lifetime: In Germany, the success story of photovoltaics all started with the 1,000 Roofs program in the early 1990s. How are these solar power systems doing today, after 20 years in operation? A study commissioned by the Energy Agency of the federal state of Saxony looked into this and came up with astonishing results.

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01 Mar 2013

Reinhard Ebbecke is a master miller by profession in the town of Mockrehna, 30 kilometers east of Leipzig, where he owns a beautiful eighteenth century wooden windmill. Soon after the fall of the Berlin wall some 20 years ago, Ebbecke received a visit from an acquaintance, who suggested that he use his mill not only …

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