Go green with solar panels

There's a cool article about the benefits of solar panels for one Massachusetts business:
"Taking advantage of the Commonwealth Solar Energy Program, a local self storage and moving company will soon install solar paneling to its River Street business.

Storage Plus owner Conrad Watson said installation should cost close to $45,000, but will save him close to $5,000 a year in energy costs. The Weston resident said his company will not foot the entire bill. Storage Plus received a $19,240 state rebate for installing the paneling through a program offered by the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.

The rebate is part of Gov. Deval Patrick's recent streamlining of the state's solar energy program, Watson said. The program allows an easy process and hefty rebate for installing solar paneling."

Now more of that would be a nice corrective to the Falling Behind report (see below).

The MRET seeks to "The Renewable Energy Trust seeks to maximize environmental and economic benefits for the Commonwealth’s citizens by pioneering and promoting clean energy technologies and fostering the emergence of sustainable markets for electricity generated from renewable sources." Their website contains very handy and easy-to-use tables with programs suiteed for businesses, individuals, communities, and more....
(Thanks M. for pointing the article out!)