Just think where we'd be today if we hadn't allowed the detractors, same ones now in the denial, slam on the brakes of what was started some forty years ago, I was installing solar then, we would still be envied by the rest of the world as we were up till some thirty years ago and the leader in innovations and economy, not following those that once envied as we move rapidly backward! We are now ranked 17th in renewable and falling fast, as others not only advance in the innovation but have the now needed experienced trade workers, white/blue/ and now green collar, we once were well known for!!
05/13/11 - New Jersey, home to more industrial waste clean-up sites than any other state, is poised to become an unlikely shining example to the nation on use of solar power, but not everyone is happy about it.
One of the nation's smallest and most populous states, New Jersey is not known for its sunshine -- it has five cloudy days for every three sunny days.
Yet the combination of a stringent legislative energy mandate by the state government and a generous carbon offset program has made New Jersey the nation's second largest producer of solar power, trailing only California, where more than half the days are typically sunny.
Legislation passed during former Governor Jon Corzine's administration in 2006 requires energy suppliers to get 20 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2020, including 2 percent from solar power.
Under its carbon offset program, New Jersey allows companies that emit greenhouse gases to buy certificates, or credits, from producers of renewable energy, giving them a source of revenue and an incentive to invest in solar power.
Photovoltaic panels, which collect the sun's energy, have sprung up on utility poles, atop parking lots and on rooftops across the state. Vacant lots, farmland and university campuses are all fair game for housing solar farms. {continued}
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