Erecting new transmission lines for solar and wind power is a boon to coal-burning utilities and a drain on our wallets. What's an environmentalist to do?
By Katharine Mieszkowski Mar 23, 2009
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High prices for the crucial ingredient were supposed to hurt solar power's growth. Now, so are low prices.
By Andrew Leonard
June 3, 2009
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Environmentalists push for a sustainable recovery plan. But one economist warns against trying to do too much.
By Bill McKibben, Joseph Romm and John Whitehead
January 14, 2009
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Could the U.S. meet its energy needs with solar panels alone?
By Pablo Päster
April 7, 2008
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An innovative plan to promote residential solar power installations gains momentum.
By Andrew Leonard
April 17, 2009
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Sky-high polysilicon prices were supposed to throttle the photovoltaic industry. But it kept growing anyway, and now costs are plunging.
By Andrew Leonard
February 20, 2009
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A reader makes a good case for the relative safety (and cost per watt) of solar thermal.
By Andrew Leonard
January 16, 2009
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In the rush to encourage solar power production, governments aren't paying enough attention to the toxic chemicals employed in the manufacturing process.
By Andrew Leonard
January 14, 2009
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Analysts are scoffing at SolarWorld's bid for Opel. But maybe the rest of us should be cheering
By Andrew Leonard
November 19, 2008
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First Iceland's banks got zapped by the global financial crisis. Next up: Lava fields and hot springs?
By Andrew Leonard
October 28, 2008
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Drowning in renewables? Solar power stocks get hammered on oversupply concerns
By Andrew Leonard
September 10, 2008
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The semiconductor chip industry has solar power on the brain.
By Andrew Leonard
August 26, 2008
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Despite record profits, again, Exxon's production of crude oil is down, again. But no worries: Senate Republicans are on the job.
By Andrew Leonard
July 31, 2008
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The never-misses-a-beat investment bank is prowling in the Mojave desert
By Andrew Leonard
July 15, 2008
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Forget about offshore drilling and energy speculators. Grid parity is just around the corner, and then the entire energy game changes.
By Andrew Leonard
June 23, 2008
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A small country with big plans, Portugal bets on renewable energy.
By Andrew Leonard
June 6, 2008
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At California's green bleeding edge: Solar powered penitentiaries
By Andrew Leonard
May 28, 2008
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Solar panel production boomed in 2007, even with high prices for a key resource. But now polysilicon prices are beginning to drop...
By Andrew Leonard
May 8, 2008
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But what's the company going to do when it absolutely, positively has to offset its humongous carbon footprint?
By Andrew Leonard
April 22, 2008
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The answer: Not much at all, really, even when all the numbers are crunched
By Andrew Leonard
April 7, 2008
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Are German solar power consumers responsible for toxic waste dumping in Gaolong, China?
By Andrew Leonard
March 10, 2008
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From Botswana to Berkeley, calculating the cost-benefit value of harnessing the sun calls for a new kind of accounting.
By Andrew Leonard
February 22, 2008
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Very soon, half the humans on the planet will own a mobile phone. What comes next?
By Andrew Leonard
February 8, 2008
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One analyst believes global demand for solar power is about to be swamped by oversupply. We should be so lucky.
By Andrew Leonard
January 4, 2008
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Are the class action shareholder lawsuits already brewing? How does clean-tech activism fit into a search engine company's mandate?
By Andrew Leonard
November 30, 2007
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