Resumen de Solar power comes of age

Dickon Pinner, Matt Rogers

• The cover story discusses the development of solar power from 2000 through 2014 in Europe and the United States, including in regard to the solar power industry's finance. An overview of the role that government plays in regulating the solar energy industries, including in regard to government policies that offer subsidies to the renewable solar power industry, is provided. An overview of the solar industry in Germany, including in regard to the country's increase in solar-panel power, is also provided.