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What policies will allow the U.S. to claim leadership in climate change and renewable energy? Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA) and CEO Mike Splinter talked about this topic during the Congressman’s visit to Applied Materials' Silicon Valley headquarters last week.

Applied Materials Chairman and CEO Mike Splinter spoke with CNBC following the company’s Feb. 17 fiscal first quarter earnings call. He cited returning demand in both the semiconductor and solar equipment segments and how Applied’s diversification strategy is expected to impact its business opportunities in 2010.

Can you imagine the excitement of replacing kerosene lamps, the primary and traditional source of lighting in the Shaanxi Province, China, with electric light powered by solar energy?

At GreenBiz.com’s recent State of Green Business 2010 Forum, inventor Saul Griffith (MacArthur fellow, founder of OptiOpia and Wattzon.com) delivered a fascinating keynote on “Putting Numbers Behind Green Business.”

The first thing a photon sees when it hits a thin film solar panel is glass. The second is the top electrode of the cell, a thin layer called the transparent conductive oxide, or TCO. The TCO layer is critical since it can be engineered to boost the power output of a panel by 10%.