How green is solar energy really

More and more solar panels are popping up all over the world and it s easy to see why: They provide clean energy at falling prices. Awesome, right Well actually, there are also some notsogreen sides to this technology. We ll take a closer look at three big criticisms solar energy faces and check out just how much of a problem they are. Reporter: Malte RohwerKahlmann Video editor: Eva Höppner, Nils Reinecke Supervising editor: Joanna Gottschalk, Kiyo Dörrer We re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an ecofriendly world and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. , PlanetA, SolarPower, Solar Read More (Links): GHG emissions for different forms of electricity generation: