Answer:
yes they do. the amount depends on what's used. solar panels take a lot of mining and causes a lot of pollution to make and isn't reliable for large scale power like the US. like in Germany, they either have energy droughts or have to sell excess energy at a net loss to other countries. the best cleanest energy we have now is nuclear and we can process nuclear waste into more nuclear energy until it's spent so much that we can just throw it out
