Thursday, November 8, 2012

Stunning Fact: New Jersey Is First State To Get More Than 1% Of Its Electricity From Solar

The wind boom is so big that at least 7 states get 10% or more of their power from wind and 2 generate more than 20% of their power by wind turbines. Though solar is far behind wind in its delivery of large amounts of power, New Jersey is the first state to generate more than 1% of its power from solar and even higher percentages during peak hours.  http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-finds-that-solar-power-is-a-bargain-for-ratepayers-in-new-jersey-and-pennsylvania-177254631.html.

New Jersey has installed 900 megawatts of nation's soon to be 7,000 megawatts of solar.

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