Solar Panels Got So Cheap Their Makers Lost Billions

Solar panels have never been cheaper — but the companies making them are under enormous pressure. In this video, we explore how rapid manufacturing growth, falling prices, global competition, and massive overcapacity transformed the solar industry — and why a technology boom can become a financial problem for the companies behind it. How did solar get this cheap? Who benefits? Who loses? And what happens next? Subscribe to Industrial Disruption for stories about the technologies, materials, and manufacturing shifts reshaping entire industries.