actually I would see a similar reaction as when the BIG satelite dishes threatened the cable companies.
They could not stop them so the zoned them into regulation by prohibiting big dishes in neighborhoods.
Even if you could form solar cells like roof tiles for the exact same price, the "prettyness" codes would outlaw them. Home owner associations would not to have roofs which vary in color form sea dessert beige.
Most weekends, and for 14 days every spring. I have solar vents on three hatches, and a paired SE-24000 panel array that provides primary power to all interior lighting, nav system, computer, radio, and battery recharge (I truly hate running the generator -- nothing more nausea inducing than diesel fumes). I've been seriously considering a secondary system for my house.
I think the future of solar isn't in large collector arrays for utility sales -- it's in continued development of discrete usage arrays. It's rather remarkable how far solar efficiency has come in the last ten years, and the focused beam referenced in the article could have a real impact on capacity for discrete arrays.