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Ed Markey: When the price of silicon dropped dramatically, 90 percent, that hurt the technology of Solyndra.

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
When the price of silicon dropped dramatically, 90 percent, that hurt the technology of Solyndra.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey explains how falling silicon prices negatively impacted Solyndra's business model.

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