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Published online 21 January 2009 | Nature 457, 362-363 (2009) | doi:10.1038/457362a
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Not so sunny after all
Manufacturers in the solar-energy industry are downsizing and scaling back their once-ambitious plans. Katharine Sanderson reports.
Lay-offs, stalled projects and grim financial forecasts are affecting the solar-energy industry, which until recently had been growing with little end in sight.
In November 2008, BP Solar announced that it would be closing a photovoltaics factory in Sydney, Australia, so that it could focus its operations in countries with lower manufacturing costs.
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Although it is a tough time, it's still worthwhile to encourage its development.