n most parts of the country, solar energy has been having a great decade.

Estimates puts the industry’s growth at 16-hundred percent over the last 8 years.

A great decade, maybe, but solar’s been having a really bad year -- especially residential rooftop solar.

There’s been a big-time slowdown in that market, and bankruptcies abound from the likes of SunEdison, Sungevity, Suniva, and at least one company not starting with Sun -- SolarWorld.

Inside Energy’s Dan Boyce looks into what’s going on.