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Behind the Rise of U.S. Solar Power, a Mountain of Chinese Coal Source: By Matthew Dalton, Wall Street Journal • Posted: Monday, August 2, 2021
Reliance on coal-fired electricity to produce solar panels raises concerns in the West
Solar panel installations are surging in the U.S. and Europe as Western countries seek to cut their reliance on fossil fuels.
But the West faces a conundrum as it installs panels on small rooftops and in sprawling desert arrays: Most of them are produced with energy from carbon-dioxide-belching, coal-burning plants in China.
Concerns are mounting in the U.S. and Europe that the solar industry’s reliance on Chinese coal will create a big increase in emissions in the coming years as manufacturers rapidly scale up production of solar panels to meet demand. That would make the solar industry one of the world’s most prolific polluters, analysts say, undermining some of the emissions reductions ac
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