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.

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