Save Habitats by Giving More Land to Solar Power: Robert Glennon

One might think this would be a good time to be in the solar power business in the U.S. After all, federal and state subsidies are reducing the costs of installing solar energy systems, and renewable portfolio standards in 29 states require electric utilities to generate some portion of the energy they deliver from renewable sources.

Yet in the past month, three U.S. solar power companies have gone bankrupt -- most recently of California. Solar power hasn’t become a major player on the nation’s energy stage.