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03-26-2009, 07:30 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg Texas wants to be No. 1 in producing energy this way. (http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/texas-aims-for-solar-dominance/)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Suniva_PV_Panels.jpgKate Galbraith - The New York Times (http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com) - Mar. 25, 2009
The Lone "Sun" State? --Ed.
The Lone Star State leads the country in wind power. Now Texas aims to ramp up its solar production, too.
This week the state senate is considering an avalanche of bills that would boost state incentives for solar power, and the entire legislative session has become known as the “solar session.”
Altogether, according to David Power, the deputy director of Public Citizen Texas, a consumer and environmental advocacy group, there are 69 renewable energy bills before the legislature, and more than 50 of them promote solar power — far more than ever before.
“There are senators and representatives that are talking about solar that have never mentioned the word probably in their lives,” he said. “We’ve actually heard the term ‘global warming,’ and two years ago that... http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/texas-aims-for-solar-dominance/
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Suniva_PV_Panels.jpgKate Galbraith - The New York Times (http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com) - Mar. 25, 2009
The Lone "Sun" State? --Ed.
The Lone Star State leads the country in wind power. Now Texas aims to ramp up its solar production, too.
This week the state senate is considering an avalanche of bills that would boost state incentives for solar power, and the entire legislative session has become known as the “solar session.”
Altogether, according to David Power, the deputy director of Public Citizen Texas, a consumer and environmental advocacy group, there are 69 renewable energy bills before the legislature, and more than 50 of them promote solar power — far more than ever before.
“There are senators and representatives that are talking about solar that have never mentioned the word probably in their lives,” he said. “We’ve actually heard the term ‘global warming,’ and two years ago that... http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/texas-aims-for-solar-dominance/