Wind and solar are both terrible methods of generating electricity
Solar is fine to augment existing power sources. It is preposterous to believe that it will become our primary source. This is like a developer deciding instead of making you pay for your new house, he will simply charge you a toll everytime you drive through the front gate of the subdivision.
For all the required solar panels needed to replace the current grid, the amount of land and subsequent environmental damage is immense. Recently there was a story in Scotland? (Ireland?) where 80,000 trees were felled to make room for a new wind farm. Does this make sense?