In a recent episode of Playing with Unicorns, the video podcast of Forbes #1 angel investor Fabrice Grinda, Solar Academy’s Kerim Baran discusses the state of solar. The two men look at the huge potential of solar+storage around financing and in helping to address climate change and the rising cost of electricity. They touch on topics such as the decrease in equipment cost and the particular advantages of residential solar for the consumer. Predictions are made about the impact of solar on various industries, the climate, solar+storage market trends, and when locally produced solar+storage energy will become cheaper than grid maintenance costs. Kerim wraps up with a look at upcoming trends in business and some promising startups and investors in the solar space.