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Europe Is Turning Off Solar Just as Gas Market Tightens

Vast amounts of electricity are going to waste because grids can’t cope.
A solar farm in central Greece.Photographer: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporter Will Mathis looks at the pitfalls of Europe’s burgeoning solar industry.

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