Those in the industry, what is the current state of solar power?

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Energy harvested from the Sun was the second-biggest source of new electricity generation capacity in 2013, but there are clouds on the horizon as a trade war between the U.S. and China stands to throw a monkey wrench in the works

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Solar works as a supplement and in residential use, but in its current state, it will never be able to support a large portion of base load.

The massive solar farms require a ton of O&M and arent as eco friendly as some like to believe it is.

I've worked with a couple of large solar companies on the west coast that are ramping up solar lease and PPA sales efforts in a big way. They are trying to install as many systems as possible while subsidies exist and large banks can still take advantage of them.