In a speech to the Washington Post Live Smart Energy Conference, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu highlighted the choice America faces on whether to take advantage of the enormous economic opportunity and compete with countries like China in the clean energy race. "Once again, there is a huge opportunity before us-a global clean energy market that is already worth an estimated $240 billion and is growing rapidly, Chu said. " In fact, a very reasonable estimate is that solar photovoltaic systems alone represent a global market worth more than $80 billion this year."
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