New Jersey, home to more industrial waste clean-up sites than any other state, is poised to become an exemplar of U.S. solar power usage -- though not everyone is happy about it. Yet the combination of a strict state mandate and a generous carbon offset program has made New Jersey -- where only three in eight days are sunny -- the second-largest U.S. producer of solar power, after California, where more than half the days are sunny. Legislation passed during former Governor Jon Corzine's... Continuar leyendo

Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest energy provider, said it's continuing a program encouraging home solar sources to help it meet the state's renewable energy mandate. The proposal is part of a plan the Minneapolis-based utility submitted to state regulators on Friday. Officials said the proposal puts them years ahead of a state mandate that requires that at least 30 percent of the company's energy comes from renewable sources by 2020. The proposal outlines a 10-year comprehensive plan for meeting ... Continuar leyendo