In
this New York Times Op Ed, Tom Friedman looks around the world to see
what's making other countries leaders in solar power. What he finds is
that almost all the countries who are leaders in solar energy have
feed-in tariff policies: "The reason that all these other countries are
building solar-panel industries today is because most of their
governments have put in place the three perquisites for growing a
renewable energy industry: 1) any business or homeowner can generate
solar energy; 2) if they decide to do so, the power utility has to
connect them to the grid; and 3) the utility has to buy the power for a
predictable period at a price that is a no-brainer good deal for the
family or business putting the solar panels on their rooftop."
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