The Breakthrough Institute logo
  • Our Work
    • Climate & Energy
    • Food & Agriculture
  • About Us
    • Our Staff
    • Our Board
    • Our Funders
    • Careers
    • About BTI
    • Press
  • Events
  • Ecomodernism
    • An Ecomodernist Manifesto - English
    • Un Manifiesto Ecomodernista - Español
    • Un Manifeste Èco-moderniste - Français
    • Il Manifesto Degli Ecomodernisti - Italiano
    • Ein Ökomodernes Manifest - Deutsch
    • 生态现代主义宣言 - JIǍNHUÀZÌ
    • 現代的環境主義宣言 - Japanese
    • Manifesto Ya Ikolojia Ya Kisasa - Kiswahili
    • Sebuah Manifesto Ecomodernist - Bahasa Indonesia
    • Ett Ekomdernistiskt Manifest - Svenska
    • Een Ecomodernistisch Manifest - Nederlands
    • Manifest Ekomodernistyczny - Język Polski
  • Publications
    • The Ecomodernist
    • Breakthrough Journal
    • BTI Weekly
    • Nuclear Notes
  • Donate
  • Our Work
    • Climate & Energy
    • Food & Agriculture
  • About Us
    • Our Staff
    • Our Board
    • Our Funders
    • Careers
    • About BTI
    • Press
  • Events
  • Ecomodernism
    • An Ecomodernist Manifesto - English
    • Un Manifiesto Ecomodernista - Español
    • Un Manifeste Èco-moderniste - Français
    • Il Manifesto Degli Ecomodernisti - Italiano
    • Ein Ökomodernes Manifest - Deutsch
    • 生态现代主义宣言 - JIǍNHUÀZÌ
    • 現代的環境主義宣言 - Japanese
    • Manifesto Ya Ikolojia Ya Kisasa - Kiswahili
    • Sebuah Manifesto Ecomodernist - Bahasa Indonesia
    • Ett Ekomdernistiskt Manifest - Svenska
    • Een Ecomodernistisch Manifest - Nederlands
    • Manifest Ekomodernistyczny - Język Polski
  • Publications
    • The Ecomodernist
    • Breakthrough Journal
    • BTI Weekly
    • Nuclear Notes
Donate

Articles about Solar

  • BT Updated Mining Footprints social card 1200x675
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Seaver Wang , Peter Cook , Adam Stein & more
    Updated Mining Footprints and Raw Material Needs for Clean Energy
  • Adobe Stock 227721547
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Seaver Wang , Juzel Lloyd & Guido Núñez-Mujica
    Confronting the Solar Manufacturing Industry's Human Rights Problem
  • Solar Value Deflation Banner
    • Zeke Hausfather
      by Zeke Hausfather
    Quantifying Solar Value Deflation in California
  • Image 1
    • Energy and Climate
    • Michael Goff
      by Michael Goff
    How Natural Gas and Wind Decarbonize the Grid
  • 1024Px Toro De Osborne
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Alex Trembath & Jesse Jenkins
    A Look at Wind and Solar: Part One
  • Trembath Smith
    • Energy and Climate
    • Alex Trembath
      by Alex Trembath
    Beyond Technology Tribalism
  • Manzi Musk Thiel Main
    • by Michael Shellenberger & Ted Nordhaus
    Reinventing Libertarianism
  • China Coal Renewables
    • Energy and Climate
    • Armond Cohen
      by Armond Cohen
    The Coal, Hard Truth
  • Detroit Industry North Wall
    • Energy and Climate
    • by David Walters
    The Socialist Case for Nuclear Energy
  • Option3Main
    • Energy and Climate
    • Michael Lind
      by Michael Lind
    The Solar Energy Bubble Bursts
  • Carbon Tax Pollution
    • Energy and Climate
    • by Alex Trembath , Michael Shellenberger & Ted Nordhaus
    Carbon Taxes and Energy Subsidies
  • Joe Romm Chesapeake Climate
    • Energy and Climate
    • Lindsay Meisel
      by Lindsay Meisel
    Understanding Joseph Romm and Climate McCarthyism

Related Topics

  • China
  • U.S. Energy Information Administration

Sign up for once-a-week emails

The Breakthrough

Stay up to date

All content © 2025 The Breakthrough Institute

The Breakthrough Weekly

Sign up to get our newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday.

Preview of the newsletter