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The cost of photovoltaic cells is high. Probably in the past with fairly cheap oil and natural gas, there was not much interest in solar. But this is changing. Although the potential of solar is huge, it is best adapted to very sunny areas, which are often not highly populated so the demand for power there is low. Also of course the sun does not shine at night.

And the government and oil companies.

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