If you’re evaluating different alternative energy sources, you may want to consider:

• Which trade-offs matter most in your community?
• Energy justice: Who benefits from – and who bears the impact of – renewable energy projects?
• Cumulative impacts: Whilst a single solar panel has minimal impact… what happens when thousands are deployed?
• Life-cycle assessment: What is the life cycle of a particular energy source? What emissions and resources are used to produce the equipment needed? How will you dispose of a particular technology when it reaches the end of its life?