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Solar Becoming a Powerful Player in Energy

By Travis Hoium – Apr 18, 2013 at 12:10PM

Solar power is the biggest addition to the grid recently.

Solar power accounted for 100% of the power added to the grid in March and has accounted for as much as 50% of the additions in the first quarter. Giant projects from solar heavies First Solar (FSLR +1.63%) and SunPower (SPWR +0.00%) are driving the utility industry, and SolarCity (SCTY +0.00%) is building residential solar at a fevered pace. Erin Miller sat down with Motley Fool contributor Travis Hoium to see what this trend means for our energy future.

 

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Travis Hoium
Travis Hoium is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering solar energy, technology, and growth stocks. Before The Motley Fool, Travis was a mechanical engineer at 3M and founded a virtual reality company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.
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Erin Miller has no position in any stocks mentioned. Motley Fool contributor Travis Hoium manages an account that owns shares of SunPower, personally owns shares of SunPower, and has the following options: Long Jan 2015 $7 Calls on SunPower, Long Jan 2015 $5 Calls on SunPower, and Long Jan 2015 $15 Calls on SunPower. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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