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New Jersey Solar Farm Builds on State Incentives
by Amrit Donald on Nov 5, 2011
A New Jersey solar farm is growing on farmland that was originally destined to become a field of McMansions. Work on one of the nation’s largest solar farms began last month in Pilesgrove, in the southern flatlands west of the Pine Barrens and east of Wilmington, Delaware.
When it’s finished next spring, the 100-acre farm will have sprouted 71,000 solar panels. The stationary panels, which absorb more than 95 percent of available sunlight, will produce 20 MW of electricity—a bumper crop that will power more than 5,100 homes, according to NJBIZ.
Incentives promoting NJ solar panel installations made it all possible. In 2008, New Jersey launched a solar renewable energy credit (SREC) program to help move toward its goal of generating 22.5 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2021.
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Comment: All states should encourage
usage of solar energy.
Solar Farms, Projects Boom in Pennsylvania as Costs Fall
by David Paul on Oct 25, 2011
Solar power has gone up in Pennsylvania, thanks to declining costs for solar equipment and generous state incentives, according to John Hanger, Secretary of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
There are solar farms with hundreds, or thousands, of solar panels—and then there are actual working farms that go solar by putting solar panels on their barns and other farm buildings, or converting a field to rows of solar panels to harvest sunlight.
DASolar can plan and install a solar farm or solar power on your farm. Fill out our online form to register for a free solar evaluation from one of our local certified solar installers. We also do commercial solar panel installations for large and small businesses.
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Comment: Solar energy is the way go.
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