Marc Roper at SCHOTT Solar talks about photovoltaic solar electricity

Etopia News’s Solar World and the Sustainable Cities Channel spoke this morning by phone with Mr. Roper about SCHOTT Solar; photovoltaics; Germany’s “feed-in” tariff (which guarantees alternative energy producers a ready market for their power); California’s SB1 and the California Solar Initiative; the physics of converting insolation (incoming solar radiation, or sunshine) into electric current; the role of financial incentives, including “net metering,” in speeding the deployment of photovoltaic systems; the current worldwide shortage of PV panels; the coming surge in silicon production to meet the demands of PV manufacturers; and other subjects relating to the emergence of renewable solar electricity as an important component of the overall energy market.
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