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Japan firms to work on solar-powered ship

TOKYO (Reuters) - The race to go green has taken to the high seas with two Japanese companies saying they would begin work on the world's first ship to have propulsion engines partially powered by solar energy.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=Pma0hK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=Pma0hK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=twt2Gk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=twt2Gk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=7nmJok"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=7nmJok" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~4/375056095" height="1" width="1"/>