New Jersey embracing solar energy
2 comments May 17th, 2006
The roofs of nine Bayonne, N.J., schools now host solar panels. They save the district $500,000 a year — roughly what it spends on textbooks.
The state has offered rebates of up to $43,500 for a $77,500 residential solar system. With a $2,000 federal tax credit introduced this year and other incentives.
Construction has increased from six solar power systems in 2001 to 1,270 today, with 600 more in construction and 1,000 applicants for the next round of funding.
as reported by philly.com…
When solar-power executives toured New Jersey’s Meadowlands last month, checking out a $25 million plan to cover 30 acres of enclosed landfill, roofs and parking lots with panels - touted as the nation’s largest solar farm - Thomas Leyden of PowerLight Corp. called it a “Persian Gulf” of opportunity.
They get it in New Jersey.