CBS-5/KPIX-TV turned to Dave Rochlin, an adjunct professor with SEBA's Graduate Business Program, for insight into the solar energy industry and whether the industry can thrive without subsidies from the government. Rochlin, whose academic focus is on innovation, technology and strategy, also researches green businesses and said the industry has come along way and is becoming increasingly more mainstream.

Watch Saint Mary's adjunct business professor Dave Rochlin discuss the viability of the solar energy industry.

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