[F]or all the enthusiasm about harvesting sunlight, some of the most ardent experts and investors say that moving this energy source from niche to mainstream — last year it provided less than 0.01 percent of the country’s electricity supply — is unlikely without significant technological breakthroughs. And given the current scale of research in private and government laboratories, that is not expected to happen anytime soon. (New York Times ^[1], Monday)

This despite all the government incentives.

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Mandating Renewable Energy: It’s Not Easy Being Green ^[2] (pdf) by Michael Heberling