How the Solar Eclipse Will Affect the Solar Industry

You've probably heard about the total solar eclipse that's coming this Monday. Solar-energy producers have also heard about it and are planning for the loss of power generation that's set to come along with it. In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Motley Fool analysts Sean O'Reilly and Taylor Muckerman explain how this eclipse will affect the solar industry this Monday.

Also, the hosts look at new reports from the Energy Information Administration of further decline in crude oil supplies, Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) move to take microhouses on the road in Australia, a new proposed tariff that'll hit solar-cell manufacturers hard and cause a loss of up to 80,000 solar industry jobs, and more.

A full transcript follows the video.

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