July 18, 2008 8:20 AM PDT

Intersolar 2008: Solar energy comes to Silicon Valley

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Intersolar2008 brought Europe's established solar industry conference to San Francisco this week. Held alongside Semicon West, organizers say it drew more than 10,000 people.

Here's a summary of news coverage of the event:

Video: Saving money with solar tech - CNET News

Click on the image to see a photo gallery of products from Intersolar2008.

(Credit: Elsa Wenzel, CNET)

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNET's Green Tech blog. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Before that, he was executive editor at IT publication InfoWorld. E-mail Martin.

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