Sometimes Clean Energy can be Quite Dirty

[Muhendis]

I noticed the following in Science Daily today:-

 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250611083736.htm

 

Source:  Boston University

Summary:  California s solar energy boom is often hailed as a green success story but a new study reveals a murkier reality beneath the sunlit panels. Researchers uncover seven distinct forms of corruption threatening the integrity of the state s clean energy expansion, including favoritism, land grabs, and misleading environmental claims. Perhaps most eyebrow-raising are allegations of romantic entanglements between senior officials and solar lobbyists, blurring the lines between personal influence and public interest. The report paints a picture of a solar sector racing ahead while governance and ethical safeguards fall dangerously behind.

[Yellowtail]

And blackouts, rolling brownouts and the second highest electric rates in the country, second only to Hawaii. 

[KhunLA]

Can you get any more deceptive with the silly headline.  Better headliner might be ...

 

... "\Corrupt politicians and businesses use Solar as a means to enrich themselves" ...

[Fruit Trader]

4 hours ago, Muhendis said:

I noticed the following in Science Daily today

 

Reading the title I immediately though this was about the dirty harmonics created by solar inverters.

 

Interesting article thanks for sharing.

P.S.
Headline is spot on.
 

[Bandersnatch]

The title of the article is

 

"Clean energy, dirty secrets: Inside the corruption plaguing california’s solar market"

 

So nothing about Solar being a dirty form of energy. 

 

I think you would be hard pressed to find any industry that doesn't have any "corruption or dirty secrets"

[Muhendis]

9 hours ago, Fruit Trader said:

Reading the title I immediately though this was about the dirty harmonics created by solar inverters.

When I read the article I thought something a bit more technical too.

Strange to see scientists commenting and making a study of liars, cheats and thieves trying to capitalise on solar energy.