The past decade has seen a renewed focus on innovations in solar energy research, development, and deployment. Solar energy offers the promise of transitioning away from carboniferous stocks of energy toward renewable energy resources. Publics around the world are increasingly demanding that governments—particularly across Europe, North America, and Asia—make substantial investments in solar energy technologies, which broadly signify energy independence, green jobs, and a renewable energy economy (Hess, 2012). Governments see it as a geopolitical imperative. In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama reminded the public of a crossroads in the clean technology race—our generation’s Sputnik moment. What does the rise of solar energy portend for environmental justice (EJ), the principle that no people or community should be unequally exposed to environmental or public health harms? Will some community, class, race, or geographical location disproportionately bear the burden of solar energy innovations? Several recent innovations in the solar energy space across areas ranging from materials science and contract manufacturing to clean technology and public lands policy