Solar energy is becoming more accessible to Americans as the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s SunShot Initiative comes closer to fruition, announced on July 7. The DOE SunShot Initiative is a national collaborative effort to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of electricity by the end of the decade. They are working to bring solar energy to as many people as possible by lowering the cost of solar electricity so that it is fully cost-competitive with traditional sources of energy.