Part 6, The Solar Heist, or How I Got into the Solar Business: Trust
On the next Probably True Solar Stories, we end our Solar Noir season where we began. We continue the ongoing story of "The Solar Heist, or How I Got Into the Solar Business." In this next chapter, it’s all about Trust. Charlie finally comes clean about who he is and what his goals are. But will Mazz help? Or will he run? Or worse.
There's also another reveal at the end, so if you haven't listened to the previous Solar Hiest episodes, here's where you can catch up here:
Part 1: The Proposal
Part 2: The No-Good, Rotten Heist
Part 3: The Favor
You can also listen to all of the above in one episode.
Part 4: The Warning
Part 5: The Escape
Part 6: Trust (Press play on this episode.)
True Solar Takeaways in Part 6
- Yes, the Italian mafia was caught laundering $1.7 Billion through solar and wind projects.
- Yes, there is a US intelligence agency called the Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.
- A Feed-In-Tariff or "FIT" is a government solar incentive that was popularized in Europe. It paid solar owners a certain amount for every kilowatt-hour generated for a set number of years. So many people signed up for the European programs that the programs quickly ran out of money, causing governments to significantly cut down the price per kilowatt-hour. There are only a few active FITs in the U.S. today.
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Series Story: "The Solar Heist or How I Got into the Solar Business"
Probably True Solar Stories has a long solar "mini-series." Listen to the Solar Heist series here. Then explore the other shorter stand-alone stories below.