This is Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

The price of solar power has declined dramatically in recent years.

That's good news for homeowners, the environment, and the economy.

The cheapest way to solve emissions is energy efficiency, and it's also the largest source of jobs in the energy sector.

But recently, the United States slapped a 30% tariff on imported solar panels,

a move that could cost thousands of American jobs and billions of dollars in future solar investments.

There's no question. This is a policy that was designed to make renewables more expensive because it doesn't make any economic sense beyond them.

Cloudy days for solar. Up next on Climate One.

Are there dark days ahead for solar energy?

Welcome to Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

Climate One conversations with oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans, and Democrats, are recorded before a live audience and hosted by Greg Dalton.

Music renewable power now accounts for the lion's share of new electrical generation around the world even Saudi Arabia's Aramco the world's largest oil producer is considering investing

billions to

become a renewable energy powerhouse. Here in the States, prices are coming down, bringing solar

within reach of more and more homeowners. But will the new U.S. tariff put the breaks on a promising

trend towards greener energy? On today's program, we welcome three experts.

Severn Borenstein is professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California,

Berkeley.

Scott Jacobs is CEO of Generate Capital, a clean energy investment firm, and Lynn Jurich is the

CEO of Sun Run, a company that install solar

on rooftops across the country.

Now, our conversation about the future of solar power.

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