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Solar energy is trendy. Reporter Lisa Ann Pinkerton takes us from a Major League Ballpark where solar energy is in use to the movers and shakers of the solar sector. Renewable energy experts are concerned that the uncertainty of federal government subsidies might mean a shortage of solar energy components. Some rust belt states are picking up on that... offering their own incentives as a way to attract the solar energy industry to their states.
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Solar energy is trendy. Reporter Lisa Ann Pinkerton takes us from a Major League Ballpark where solar energy is in use to the movers and shakers of the solar sector. Renewable energy experts are concerned that the uncertainty of federal government subsidies might mean a shortage of solar energy components. Some rust belt states are picking up on that... offering their own incentives as a way to attract the solar energy industry to their states.
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Leaders in the solar power industry say the market is on the brink of expansion. But shortages of solar panels and electricians to install them need to be addressed. Many states are seeing those problems as a way to boost their lagging economies and create a new sector of manufacturing jobs. Lisa Ann Pinkerton Reports:
10-year-old Alex Hinkley is sitting at a picnic table watching the Cleveland Indians play the Kansas City Royals. She's eating a hotdog, oozing with ketchup, and she's found shade under a rather unique awning. It's made up of 42 solar panels.
The Cleveland Indian's is the only American League Ball Club to have solar panels and it's the only one to use its solar electricity at the park. The panels power 400 TVs at Jacob's Field and fifth grader Alex thinks it's a cool way to introduce people, young and old, to renewable energy:
"Some people don't know what they are...
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Host intro: Leaders in the solar power industry say the market is on the brink of expansion. But shortages of solar panels and electricians to install them need to be addressed. Many states are seeing those problems as a way to boost their lagging economies and create a new sector of manufacturing jobs. Lisa Ann Pinkerton Reports:
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