It is presumed that California is the leader in the American solar power industry but why is Spain (with roughly the same sunshine and population) so far ahead of California?
Spain with the rest of the European Union has taken an aggressive stand for energy independence and against imported energy and greenhouse emissions. Europe has done this via paying people a premium for power produced with renewable. This includes solar electric, wind, wave and biomass. The Europeans are not alone in trying to reduce dependence on dirty coal, oil and gas generated electricity. Recently even China has set goals of 30% of their energy to come from renewable by 2030. Asia in general is also very active in the promotion of alternative energy projects. Right now the USAhas about 3% energy production from renewable.
