3 Big Names Getting Behind Solar

The Motley Fool

As governments around the world tinker over how best to support solar energy, a number of large corporations have thrown their weight behind the renewable resource. These moves could potentially shift the momentum driving the solar industry away from the public sector and onto private enterprise. Solar energy makes up only 1% of the country’s alternative energy production, but it’s the fastest growing of all renewable energy forms, increasing by 67% since 2009, and some familiar names are now adding a major push.