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New Jersey Outshines Most Others In Solar Energy

Posted by timothy on from the cutting-through-the-haze dept.

An anonymous reader points out this CNBC story which says that "New Jersey—known more for its turnpike, shopping malls and industrial sprawl—has become a solar energy powerhouse, outshining sunnier states like Hawaii and Nevada. And it's largely because of incentives that make it cheaper for residents and businesses to buy and install solar power systems."

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  1. Tax dollars by Ritz_Just_Ritz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The real question is:

    Would it make more sense to subsidize options like small scale solar in order to encourage homes/businesses to "go greener" and to take some load off the central grid?

    OR

    Does it make more sense to spend that money fixing the current rickety grid and then put all that green capacity in places that actually get a lot of sunlight all year?