NY Times: A cautionary tale for U.S. solar industry

An interesting piece from today's New York Times profiles a town in Spain that staked it all on solar and saw a rapid boom followed by an even more rapid bust when the Spanish government realized it would have to subsidize the nation's solar industry ...
March 9, 2010
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An interesting piece from today's New York Times profiles a town in Spain that staked it all on solar and saw a rapid boom followed by an even more rapid bust when the Spanish government realized it would have to subsidize the nation's solar industry indefinitely and pulled back its support. The article draws parallels with the push to create green jobs in the U.S.

NYTimes article, "Solar Industry Learns Lessons in Spanish Sun"

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Doug Chandler, Senior Staff Writer

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Doug Chandler began writing about the electrical industry in 1992, and still finds there's never a shortage of stories to be told. So he spends his days finding them and telling them. Educationally, he's a Jayhawk with an English degree. Outside of work, he can often be found banging drums or harvesting tomatoes.

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