Solar Power Could make the Price of Silver Soar Silver is an industrial metal, used in everything from plastic to batteries, and even deodorant. With the advent of PV solar panels, silver has found another use that we think investors have yet to recognize. Buying physical silver can be lucrative. After spending years bouncing around between $12 and $18 per ounce, silver looks primed for a take-off. With demand for silver on the rise, physical silver could triple. Thats a great return. But silver mining stocks will do better. Silver mining companies have huge costs for digging silver from the ground. Thats why when the price of silver spends years doing nothing, miners arent the best investment. When silver moves higher, it usually moves very quickly. To give you some idea, silver usually runs three times as fast as gold. If gold moves up 10%, silver could move up 30%. This isnt a hard and fast rule but track several big runs in silver, and youll see that pattern play out.Silver mining companies capture that price surge right away.As this trend continues, the top silver miners stand to benefit.