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Video description: CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos takes a tour of Google's new solar-panel installation, now believed to be the largest for a company in North America. Kanellos toured the Mountain View, Calif., campus on June 18.

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Microsoft's campus in Mountain View, Calif., has the largest solar panel system in Silicon Valley. That's the word from John Matheny, general manager of the Silicon Valley campus, during a tour of the solar installation.

The machines for making TVs

Not everything gets made overseas. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos tours the Silicon Valley facilities of Applied Materials, where they make equipment for producing televisions and solar panels.

Latest developments from legendary lab

The Palo Alto Research Center, a spinoff lab from Xerox, recently opened its doors to show off paper with disappearing ink, solar concentrators, and a way to purify water that was inspired by toner cartridges. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a tour and has the latest on the lab's current research projects.

Girls tour the Googleplex

During the search giant's "National Engineers Week" program, 70 middle school girls got a first-hand look at life as a Googler at the main campus in Mountain View, Calif. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi tagged along on the tour and was also impressed with the 17 different cafeterias, foosball tables, and resistance pools.

How to live apart from the electric grid

Want to know how a business or home can go solar? CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos speaks with Gary Gerber, founder of Sun Light and Power, about what needs to be installed to start running apart from the electric grid.

An iron with legs and a brain\r\n

CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos interviews Oliso CEO Ehsan Allpour about his company's high-tech household iron at the Cool Products Expo in Stanford, Calif., on April 26.

Solar power for the people

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Michael Kanellos look at innovative ways that companies are looking to roll out solar-energy technology options on a broader scale for less than that $30,000 price tag.

One of the biggest solar projects in U.S.

Nevada Solar One, one of the biggest solar projects in recent U.S. history, is almost done. Set for completion in April, its home is outside Las Vegas in the sunny desert, where rows of mirrors bounce the sunlight into receptors. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos reports.

This VW can access the Internet

This is no ordinary Volkswagen Passat. The car comes equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities that let drivers stream music and download directions. StreetDeck CEO Robert Wray gives CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos a tour of the vehicle at the Intel Developer Forum in San\r\nFrancisco.

Panasonic's house of the future

The Eco & UD model home, a prototype green home built by Panasonic, was on display in Japan where CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a tour of its many features last fall. Could we see homes built by Panasonic in the U.S. sometime in the future?