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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Colorado dentist accused of setting a fire that damaged a transformer at a solar power array outside Las Vegas last week told investigators he wanted to send a message supporting clean energy and denied his intention was sabotage, police said in an arrest report obtained Wednesday. “I burned it,” Mohammed Reza

Europe relied on cheap Russian energy for decades. And Russia was happy to supply low-cost oil and gas to gain political influence over the European Union.

That relationship has now imploded. The EU has finally woken up to the national security risks of relying on an authoritarian neighbor for energy.

But as Europe scrambles to cut its dependence on Russia, it risks further

Vermont has some of the highest electricity rates, nearly 20 cents per kilowatt-hour in January 2023, according to SaveOnEnergy, CNET's sister site. Since the Green Mountain State already produces a significant chunk of its electricity from the sun -- accounting for 16% of its in-state power generation in 2021, according to the US Energy Information Administration -- investing in a solar panel

Solar panels produced only 1.9 percent as much energy in the United States in 2021 as did fossil fuels, according to data published by U.S. Department of Energy.

When the energy produced by windmills is added to the energy produced by solar panels, those two sources combined produced 6.2 percent as much energy as fossil fuels in 2021.

In fact, all renewable energy sources