Growing Solar Cities
Shining Cities 2018: How Smart Local Policies Are Expanding Solar Power in America
April 4, 2018 (Environment America)
“…[The U.S.] has over 53 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed – enough to power 10.1 million homes and 26 times as much capacity as was installed at the end of 2010…As of the end of 2017, 20 cities—representing just 0.1 percent of U.S. land area—accounted for over 4 percent of U.S. solar PV capacity. These 20 cities have over 2 GW of solar PV capacity—more solar power than the entire country had installed by the end of 2010…Los Angeles leads the nation in total installed solar PV capacity among the 69 cities surveyed…Many smaller cities and towns are also going big on solar energy…[but fossil] fuel interests and some utilities are working to slow the growth of distributed solar energy…To take advantage of [solar’s] potential and move America toward an economy powered by 100 percent renewable energy, city, state and federal governments should adopt a series of pro-solar policies…” click here for more
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