People continue to argue over the feasibility of wind and photovoltaic solar power generation. Most of the evidence I've seen says they produce little power, do so at unrealistically high cost, and provide power only intermittently.
The real solar power that is reliable, renewable, and storable without vast battery farms is hydroelectric power generation. It is solar because sunlight evaporates water which becomes clouds, produces rain and snow which accumulate as water in mountain reservoirs, and can be released through generation turbines as and when needed to generate electric power.
Obviously drought is a problem for hydroelectric power, but is less common than the nights, cloudy days, and calm no-wind periods which plague wind and solar. Unlike fossil fuel and nuclear power, hydroelectric produces no toxic or otherwise problematic byproducts and its storage reservoirs provide lakes for recreation.
Most of my long life I've resided within a dozen or so miles of one or another hydroelectric reservoir and invariably found them to be fine 'neighbors.'
