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A partnership between Internet guru Google Inc. (NASDAQ.GOOG) and Solar City, a private company leading the nation in single-source solar photovoltaic power installations for homes and businesses, will see $280 million dedicated to funding residential solar installations, thus making it the largest such fund in the U.S.

For decades the World Bank has been working to help poor and developing nations to meet the needs of their countrymen, which includes increasing access of electricity to the 1.4 billion people across the globe who currently go without.

Imagine a world-wide system where the "lit" half of the world is always powering the "dark" half of the world.

In this world everyone has power. No more power shortages, no more roaming power outages, no more need to burn coal (50% of greenhouse gases). Less need for fossil fuels and less dependency upon foreign oil. Much less pollution.

The Pew Charitable Trusts group issued a press release (pdf) that boasted great news for clean energy's role in the American economy.