Across America, our support and reliance have made us the leading home improvement contractor to work with. Skip to content. Created for free using WordPress and Colibri. Want to learn more about solar? Introducing our new ebook.
Get a copy of our eBook. Go to eBook. Smart Home Solutions. Residential Solar. More Info. Residential Roofing. Energy Storage. Home Monitoring. Home Builder Roofing. As late as , American firms commanded 95 percent of the global solar market, according to one study. Starting in the s, leadership in the industry passed to Japan, then to China.
For the past few decades, this kind of story—of invention, globalization, and deindustrialization—has been part of the background hum of the American economy.
Lately, policy makers seem eager to do something about it. Last week, a robust and bipartisan! I sympathize with their concerns. The U. Why do some countries become richer faster than others? Above all, where does economic growth come from? And this is why I think the history of the solar industry is so important. The following account is indebted to my reading and talking with Max Jerneck , a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics who has documented the history of solar energy in the U.
In the late s, it was not obvious that the American solar industry was in danger. President Jimmy Carter and Congress had just established the Department of Energy, which promised to develop new energy technologies with the same seriousness that the U.
Solar engineers saw a bright future. But then a series of changes racked the American economy. The Federal Reserve jacked interest rates up to all-time highs, which made it harder for Americans to obtain car loans, while strengthening the dollar against other currencies, which made it difficult for American exporters to sell goods abroad. After , Reagan also weakened federal environmental rules while dismantling the new Department of Energy, removing support for alternative energy sources such as solar power.
American manufacturers had already been struggling to compete with imports from East Asia. Now they foundered. Start-ups shut down; experts left the industry. In , U. We've done the research so you don't have to. From payment options to panels, see our reviews of America's top five home solar companies.
You'll get the insights you need to make the best investment towards a brighter future. Dramatically lower your energy bills, protect yourself from unpredictable rates, and even get credit for the power your panels produce.
0コメント