Danny Kennedy, founder of Sungevity about solar panels at the White house and in the Maldives

Could this be the week our President made an eco u-turn on renewable energy? It just may be a tipping point - or let's hope - for solar power. Just 24 hours after the Obama administration gave a green light to have solar panels installed on the White House next spring, President Nasheed, of the sinking Maldive Island nation, had the Sungevity company put solar panels on his official residence. Sungevity founder, Danny Kennedy, talks about the significance of these back-to-back developments.

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