Santa Cruz, California
From solar.calfinder.com:
Santa Cruz wants to see 1,000 solar homes by 2012 and 5,000 by 2020. At the beginning of 2010, some 350 residential rooftops are covered with solar panels. And later this year, a $16 million program known as the Solar Finance District will kick off. Cities in 14 counties are participating in the program, which aims to remove the hurdles of going solar, including extra incentives for homeowners and reaching out to get citizens excited and motivated about home solar power.
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Again, the Santa Cruz environmental movement is not just green. It has its blue side as well. Down on the waterfront, the City Wharf and UC Santa Cruz are working together to do research on renewable energy in the ocean water. The Coastal Energy Research Facility (CERF) is a permanent facility out on the water collecting data and formulating plans to harvest wave, tidal and other forms of renewable energy of use in coastal areas. With these plans for the future comes a preservation of the past as well, in …
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