The rising potential of solar power’s affordable and abundant energy

[John Hollins]

Editorial, Globe and Mail.

Last year, for the first time, global investments in solar eclipsed oil, and this year the money going into clean energy is double that of fossil fuels. The cover of The Economist’s latest issue declares the “dawn of the solar age.” Ember research indicates that no source of electricity has ever surged to widespread adoption as fast as solar. The technology, Ember says, will “transform the power sector.”