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Solar Flares (2/5/13)

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Climate One

Social Sciences, News Commentary, Earth Sciences, Science, News

4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2013

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Through all the growing pains and political attacks, the U.S. solar industry is still moving ahead. But it still only accounts for 1 percent of all U.S. electricity. With the market driving down cost going solar “makes perfect economic sense,” says Marco Krapels. Founders of three large solar firms and a banker talk about tapping the sun to create jobs, investment opportunities, and the shadow of China. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on February 5, 2013 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Do that with Acrobat. Now you can do that. Do that with acrobat. Now you can do that. Do that with an all new acrobat. It's time to do your best work with your new Adobe Acrobat Studio. Welcome to Climate One, a conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment. To understand any of them, you have to understand them all. I'm Greg Dalton.

0:38.0

Today we're looking up at the sun, the original source of all energy on Earth. In recent years,

0:42.8

solar power has grown by leaps and bounds in the United States, Europe and Asia, driven largely

0:47.7

by falling prices and favorable government policies. California and other states are catching

0:52.9

the wave and moving ahead with ambitious goals for solar and other forms of clean power.

0:57.4

But the forecast is not all clear. European governments formerly bullish on solar are slashing subsidies,

1:03.6

and the World Trade Organization recently slapped Chinese manufacturers with fines for dumping their panels below cost.

1:10.4

Over the next hour, we'll discuss the prospect of

1:12.5

running our homes and businesses on Sunpower with our live audience here at the Commonwealth

1:16.8

Club in San Francisco. We'd like to thank Oreck for generously underwriting this program. We're pleased

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