Resources: “Study of Residential Market Trends Surrounding Six Utility-Scale Solar Projects in Texas” The saying says, “Our homes are our castles.” Nothing is more important to us, and for the vast majority of us our home is our largest investment, which is why we are so sensitive to anything that might affect its value. OurContinue reading “Do Wind or Solar Projects Hurt Neighboring Home Values?”
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What’s in a Solar Panel?
As of 2022, 72% of utility scale solar photovoltaic projects use crystalline silicon (c-Si) and 27% use cadmium telluride (CdTe). Both are tremendously safe to the surrounding environment. Crystalline Silicon Solar Panels Cadmium Telluride Solar Panels
Are Solar Panels Are Filled with Toxic Chemicals that Leach Into Our Water Supply?
Often funded by competing energy sources, opponents of renewable energy use misleading pseudo-science to stir up local opposition to projects. By scaring constituents with misleading information and inaccurate risk assessments, they hope to keep consumers hooked on dirtier, more expensive energy resources. One of the arguments they make most often involves “hazardous chemicals” in solarContinue reading “Are Solar Panels Are Filled with Toxic Chemicals that Leach Into Our Water Supply?”
Are Electric Vehicles Better for the Environment?
Opponents of clean energy love to make misleading claims about the emissions needed to construct, manufacture, or operate solar power plants, wind farms, electric vehicles, or electric industrial equipment like electric arc furnaces. They are working hard to create doubt in the hope that they can stop or delay a transition to cleaner, cheaper products,Continue reading “Are Electric Vehicles Better for the Environment?”
“Solar panels are going to create a waste problem because they can’t be recycled.”
USA Today Addressed this issue very well here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/02/04/green-energy-fact-checked/72390472007/ Improved standards for solar panels and wind turbines mean both have much longer lifespans today than they did a decade ago. Panels typically last 30 to 35 years while turbines have a lifespan of about 30 years. At that point, it’s true: They must be decommissioned and disposed of.Continue reading ““Solar panels are going to create a waste problem because they can’t be recycled.””
Reality Check: The IEA Busts 10 Myths about the Energy Transition
From Rocky Mountain Institute: https://rmi.org/reality-check-the-iea-busts-10-myths-about-the-energy-transition/ By Kingsmill Bond, Sam Butler-Sloss There is as much naysaying about the clean energy transition as there are ways to accelerate it. The excuses spread by detractors, pessimists, and companies trying to protect their polluting businesses abound: “Wind and solar take up too much land. We don’t have enough critical minerals. TheContinue reading “Reality Check: The IEA Busts 10 Myths about the Energy Transition”