Are energy utilities "doing an IBM" by ignoring solar opportunity?

James S Murray
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New report claims solar PV will dominate global energy industry – and, like IBM's infamous early failure to exploit the emerging PC market, energy utilities look set to miss out

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies could provide energy to more than four billion people worldwide by 2030, meeting 14 per cent of global electricity demand and slashing annual carbon emissions by 1.6...

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