Solar industry's promises bring environmental challenges for Tennessee

As the state tries to reap the benefits of a growing solar industry that could bring thousands of new jobs and billions in new investment, the massive projects also bring with them environmental challenges in the form of intensive manufacturing operations that will draw a tremendous amount of electricity from the state's power grid used to run sprawling chemical reactors. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 11, 2009

The production of solar panel equipment poses environmental problems of its own. The article looks at them and the trade-offs.

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