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  • March 2015
    Solar Industry Fiascos Continue

    Many Americans are familiar with federal, taxpayer-financed fiascos in the solar industry such as Solyndra and Abound Solar, but they are less...

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  • February 2015
    Obama Subsidizes U.S. Solar Energy and Promises...

    President Obama subsidized solar and other renewable energy in the United States with taxpayer money to the tune of $39 billion per...

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  • February 2015
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    The U.S. solar manufacturing industry employed about 32,000 workers in 2014—just a tiny portion of the more than 12 million domestic manufacturing...

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  • November 2014
    Why “Grid Parity” is a Meaningless Concept

    A recent report proclaimed that solar power will reach “grid parity” in most of the United States by 2016. Referencing a Deutsche...

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  • November 2014
    Google’s Struggling Solar Plant Asks for Bailout

    “It’s going to put about 1,000 people to work building a state-of-the-art facility. And when it’s complete, it will turn sunlight into...

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  • October 2014
    Solar Energy’s Duck Curve

    Intermittent renewable generating technologies (i.e. wind and solar) are causing havoc with electric grid operations because these technologies cannot be controlled by...

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