if you believe that Antropogenic Global Warming is real. Today's panel convert only 12% of the energy absorbed to electricity. The remaining 88% radiates out from the panel as heat. Some designs coming on-line claim they can increase that to 20% electricity and 80% heat. The theoretical limit is said to be 40/60.

The administration wants to battle AWG with 'green' power - solar and wind. How is solar 'green' if it traps more heat?