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  • February 2020
    Crescent Dunes: Another Obama Solar Failure

    The Nevada solar-energy plant Crescent Dunes has gone under after receiving a $737 million federal loan guarantee during the Obama Administration. Crescent...

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  • September 2019
    Walmart and Amazon Sue Tesla, Solar Panels...

    Walmart is suing Tesla alleging that some of the company’s solar panels sparked roof fires at several of its locations. According to...

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  • June 2019
    Quote – Keep the ‘Green New Deal’...

    “Solar panels, for instance, are very difficult to recycle and contain harmful substances such as cadmium and lead that often wind up...

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  • November 2018
    Massive Solar Farm Proposed in Virginia

    A 500-megawatt solar power generating facility operating on about 2 million solar panels and erected on land stretching 10 square miles, covering over...

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  • October 2018
    Saudi Arabia Halts $200 Billion Solar Project

    Saudi Arabia has put on hold a $200 billion project to build the world’s biggest solar-power-generating station. The project would have generated...

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  • September 2018
    The Mounting Solar Panel Waste Problem

    Solar photovoltaic panels, whose operating life is 20 to 30 years, lose productivity over time. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimated that...

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