Monday, January 08, 2007

Interest in solar energy rising in the East

SEABROOK, N.J. -- A refrigerator repairman with a modest home backing onto a spinach farm, Bob May doesn't appear to be the kind of fellow who can afford to go solar.

Renewable-energy advocates love solar energy, but acknowledge it hasn't caught on more because it's expensive. It takes between $50,000 and $80,000 to buy the equipment to power a single-family home.

But last winter, May and his father installed 60 solar panels, largely paid for by the state, in the yard of his southern New Jersey residence.


read the full article at Dellaware online here

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