Government Energy Policy, Business and Technology

It Doesn’t Have To Be A Battle Between Utilities & Solar Power Providers

Clean Technica: Greentech Media ran an intriguing piece a couple of days ago about Warren Buffett’s analysis on the effect of renewables on the utility business, part of the Berkshire Hathaway annual report for last year. What caught my interest was a paragraph that pointed out a common viewpoint that the marketplace is a “battle” between those (like Buffett) who want to see renewables used for large-scale generation plants, and others who believe the solution is rooftop solar.

If you look at this as a zero-sum game, though, you’ll soon see that both approaches have significant problems. In fact, you can only create a true viable and profitable future for renewables by pursuing a cooperative, win-win solution.

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