Earlier this April, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University published a new report, “Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles,” that identifies and assesses 14 of the most pervasive false claims about solar energy, along with 19 other false claims about wind energy and electric vehicles.
One foreseeable challenge with integrating renewables like solar into rural communities is the interconnection queue, or the list of energy projects requesting and awaiting connection to the power grid. According to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), building a new transmission line can take anywhere from three to nine years.
The information on Ralston's website is "extremely misleading and appears designed to be misinformation," says Meyers of Virginia Tech. That includes claims that solar projects ruin the land they're built on. With the right practices, companies can improve local ecosystems, Meyers says, and farming can continue alongside power plants.
But misinformation spread by groups like Citizens for Responsible Solar is turning rural landowners unfairly against renewables, says Skyler Zunk, an Interior Department official under President Donald Trump and chief executive of Energy Right, a conservative-leaning nonprofit that supports solar projects that preserve ecosystems.
Investing in rooftop solar is one of the easiest ways to reduce home energy costs, but several misleading claims about solar power are circulating that could deter homeowners from
The false claims assessed in the report cover a wide variety of arguments against solar development. These include factually inaccurate arguments related to human health, the
A concern frequently voiced by UK anti-solar campaigners is that, once land has been used for solar power, it will be open for other developers to build on. This is not true.
Research from a 2021 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study projects solar energy to rise from 4% of our nation''s total energy production to 45% by 2050, potentially requiring nearly 10.4
Solar power, one of the fastest-growing renewable energies in America—and abroad—has been a subject of much debate, with misinformation campaigns creating a cloud of
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In a new report, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, an affiliate of the Columbia Climate School, identifies and examines 33 of the most pervasive false claims about solar energy,
And it claims large solar projects in rural areas wreck the land and contribute to climate change, despite evidence to the contrary.
The group''s website says solar requires too much land for "unreliable energy," ignoring data showing power grids can run dependably on lots of renewables. And it claims large solar
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