New Jersey Now #1 in Solar Per Square Mile

Newjerseynewsroom.com is reporting that New Jersey has now surpassed California in density of solar installations. Governor Corzine cited several "green" reasons why NJ residents should be proud:

• Reaching 4000 solar installations this past summer, making New Jersey second only to California in number of installations and capacity, but first it terms of the amount of solar installed per square mile.

• Building New Jersey's solar generating capacity, which recently crossed the 100 megawatt threshold for the state's Clean Energy Program.

• Completion of the geophysical work and substantial progress on the geotechnical and ecological research required as a prelude to construction of three proposed offshore wind farms.

• Crossing the 50,000 threshold of customers in the state's Comfort Partners program, a collaboration with the state's utilities to bring energy efficiency to limited-income households.