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Credit Pacific Service Union New Jersey residents get less than one percent of their energy from renewable solar and wind sources, a dismal statistic by any account. The state has historically lagged in development of renewable energy because of a well-entrenched electricity delivery infrastructure, and, some would argue, too much dependence on nuclear power. But things are changing.

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Credit First Service Union A state advisory council of utilities, advocacy groups and citizens has set aggressive renewable energy goals for the near-term and the long-term, including establishing a goal of having renewable sources generate 20 percent of the state's electricity by 2020.

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Card Credit Mobile Service But while the state is dabbling with things like energy from tidal power and is allowing companies to explore the feasibility of wind farms off the coast, right now the future is mostly about solar power, or more accurately, energy from photovoltaic cells.

Energy provided by home solar panels is the cleanest method available today. No environmental pollution is created. The US federal agencies are strongly promoting solar panel use. There is a federal energy bill that includes a tax credit for up to thirty percent of the initial cost of home solar panels. The credit caps at two thousand dollars. Several states also offer incentive plans to promote home solar panel usage.

Card Credit Discover Service "New Jersey has a lot of commercial rooftops and brownfields for (photovoltaic cells)," said Mike Winka, director of the state's clean energy office.

Credit Public Service Union A couple of the best examples of this shift to photovoltaic cells are occurring right in Gloucester County, and include a big-box store and an old landfill.

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Card Credit Processing Service In Paulsboro, BP, the owner of a closed petroleum terminal, is operating the largest photovoltaic farm on the East Coast from atop a closed landfill. The nearly 6,000 panels can create 350,000 kilowatt hours a year to help operate a groundwater treatment plant at the site.

Center Credit Service Union And in Deptford, a 52-kilowatt array consisting of 1,330 photovoltaic cells atop the roof of a BJ's Wholesale Club store is generating energy for the local power grid.

Card Credit Service Wireless These projects, though small in relation to the big energy picture, are important symbolically, officials say, and will help the state meet one of its key shorter term goals - generation of 90 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity by 2008. That's enough electricity for about 45,000 homes.

Credit Security Service Union "This is probably the largest (photovoltaic) goal east of the Mississippi," Winka said.

Credit Report Service The state gets only 5.5 megawatts from photovoltaic sources currently, but hopes to boost this to 7 megawatts in 2004.

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Christian Counseling Credit At the same time, the state recognizes the utilities will have to purchase green power produced in other parts of the PJM Interconnection, the regional power grid. Such sources include wind farms sprouting in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland.

Credit Federal Service Union New Jersey simply lacks reliable wind patterns on land and sufficient land to support sprawling wind farms, Winka said. Coastal winds and mountainous areas could support wind farms, but the state is moving cautiously in this regard because of public concerns about effects on the state's ecology and scenic views.

Credit Monitoring Service "Europe has plenty of wind farms; the technology is there," Winka said. "From our standpoint, we're looking at the feasibility only and evaluating environmental impacts on fish, water and vistas (versus) the clean energy that comes from wind."

Credit Division Service Emily Rusch, an energy advocate with the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, is excited about the direction the state is taking. "We're a densely populated state. We don't have a lot of land for wind farms, but we do have a lot of rooftops," she said, adding, "I think we have to make room for some wind power in New Jersey."

Card Credit Online Service If photovoltaic is to meet much of the state's renewable energy goals, then businesses and homeowners must embrace the idea of investing to put the shiny black panels on their roofs, Rusch said.

Consumer Counseling Credit Inc To this end, the state has established a rebate program covering 70 percent of homeowners' costs to put up the panels. The state's Clean Energy office receives an average of 40 applications a month for this program.

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Card Consolidation Credit But, Winka points out, once the system is repaid, homeowners will have a lifetime of no or significantly reduced electricity bills.

Credit Free Online Report A coalition of religious groups is getting into the act, combining state financial assistance and a long-term repayment program through a solar panel installer to place photovoltaic cells on churches and other houses of worship throughout the state.

Credit Federal First Service The nonprofit Partners for Environmental Quality already has helped get panels for a Lutheran church in Mendham, Morris County, and an organic farm run by nuns in Blairstown, Warren County.

Consumer Credit Service In December, the coalition plans to announce an application process for religious organizations interested in installing panels at 25 additional locations.

Center Credit Family Service Nathalie Shapiro, the coalition's director of programs, said the project will help spark homeowners' interest in solar power by allowing religious organizations to be "a great beacon to the community, showing they care about lessening their dependence on fossil fuels."

Credit Reporting Service By Lawrence Hajna
Courier-Post - 11/19/2003

Topic: Energy

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