Cloudy Days for Solar?

Published: March 2, 2018, 8:01 a.m.

b"When the U.S slapped 30 percent tariffs on imported solar panels, headlines heralded bad times ahead for clean energy in this country. But the stock prices of solar installers increased because the hit could have been worse. Solar entrepreneur and advocate, Jigar Shah, said it was \\u201cgood news.\\u201d Our guest and professor from University of California Berkeley, Severin Borenstein said, \\u201cthere's no question, this is a policy that was designed to make renewables more expensive because it doesn't make any economic sense beyond that.\\u201d Listen to a conversation about the future of solar. \\n\\nSeverin Borenstein, E.T. Grether Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California\\nScott Jacobs, CEO and Co-founder, Generate Capital\\nLynn Jurich, Chief Executive Officer, Sunrun\\n\\nThis program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 21, 2018.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"