WASHINGTON, DC - The Stellar Urge Industries Society (SEIA) at the moment highly praised an decree that Massachusetts has surpassed Officer Deval Patrick's pursue of installing 250 megawatts (MW) of solar energy by 2017 and the Preside over procedure to expand the Massachusetts solar pursue to 1.6 gigawatts (GW). The 250 MW benchmark has been met touching on four years ahead of appointments.
Massachusetts is in the last part ranked 7th in the middle of states in terms of installed solar gift, according to the new-fangled "U.S. Stellar Deal in Comprehension(R) report." Hand over are a quantity of 4,500 solar professionals working at 229 companies in Massachusetts. Such as the end of 2009, total installed solar photovoltaic gift in Massachusetts has better from 16 MW to senior than 250 MW. This development rate is in the middle of the evidence in the land-dwelling.
Stellar industry leaders praised the new pursue. "Based on the capabilities of the swelling Massachusetts solar industry and the commonwealth's solar vow, the new 1.6 GW solar pursue is amazing news, and the solar energy industry welcomes this chance to go up in price to the while and bond this new pursue," supposed Carrie Cullen Hitt, higher evil come first of state family members at SEIA. "Officer Patrick must be applauded as a solar champ. We thank him for his high proportion."
Massachusetts has dissimilar pleasing solar initiatives in take it easy, by way of Solarize Massachusetts, Commonwealth Stellar Innovative Communities and Boss by Quantity. These programs hold Massachusetts inhabitants and businesses to buy incentives to buy or abstract solar power systems. Stellar clientele are equally allowed to deal with any idle power they generate replacement to an electric company.
"The commonwealth's forward-thinking policies confirm that solar motivation constitute an interminably mid factor in Massachusetts' energy portfolio - one that helps running electricity hire for families and businesses," Hitt especially. "By setting the bar well ahead for solar, Officer Patrick motivation aid to view a vigorous, sustainable clean technology economy in Massachusetts for many years to explain. We repute promote to working with the Officer, the council and other stakeholders to regulate this determination promote."
In our time, the U.S. has 7,700 MW of installed solar electric gift, adequately to power senior than 1.2 million American homes - and 40 percent of our active gift, or 3,300 MW, was installed concluding go out with alone. Stellar is the fastest-growing and most inexpensive, bright and one clean energy technology in the order of at the moment. America's solar industry now employs senior than 119,000 effort at 5,600 companies - most of which are small businesses distribute on both sides of every state in the suggestion.
Extra RESOURCES:
- SEIA: Massachusetts: http://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/massachusetts
- Store. Dept of Urge and Fresh Interaction Announces Focus to Arrive on the scene Rulemaking and Enroll Comments - Feb. 22, 2013
Re SEIA:
Secure in 1974, the Stellar Urge Industries Society(R) is the native soil activity association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Blunt advocacy and education, SEIA(R) is studio a muscular solar industry to power America. As the give or take of the industry, SEIA machinery with its 1,000 portion companies to make solar a mainstream and mid energy source by expanding markets, removing instrument barriers elaboration the industry and enlightening the joint on the benefits of solar energy. Appreciate SEIA online at www.seia.org.
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Jamie Nolan, jnolan@seia.org, 202.556.2886
