May 10, 2012

Don't Worry, the Renewable Revolution Is Coming

Nino Marchetti, Energy Collective


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California currently has just 524 solar projects over 1 megawatt (MW) — but  an incredible 17,707 such solar projects will be on the grid by 2017 [PDF]. This is a huge change! And California is not the only state with such massive change coming.

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