VANESSA HAUC: Every morning, Hector tours his blueberry fields in Georgia. Are these ready to eat?
HÉCTOR BUITRAGO: These are ready to eat, yes of course
HAUC: He has 3,200 plants on six acres of land, and each year he harvests more than 30,000 pounds. But 2 years ago…
BUITRAGO: Everything was in bloom, totally flowered and ready for them to become fruit. And then the frost fell at the precise moment when they were flowering and turned-, totally destroyed the plants…
HAUC: You lost everything.
BUITRAGO: …the flowers. 90% was lost. That's a lot.
HAUC: Temperatures dropped to 27 degrees in the middle of spring.
BUITRAGO: There is an imbalance, climate wise.
HAUC: Just 2 hours from the farm, they’re betting on a solution. This is where Q-Cells’ solar panel factory, the largest in the hemisphere, is located.
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Solar energy is the cheapest and fastest growing source of electricity in the country. In the last decade, its price has been reduced by 70%. It is now even cheaper than polluting fuels such as oil and coal. Something that fills Hector with hope.