YNN: Advocates call for more solar energy

Details: Friday, 25 May, 2012

By Kris O'Donnell: BUFFALO, N.Y. — Clean energy advocates gathered Thursday to call for an expansion of solar power across the state.

Members of the New York Solar Jobs Coalition along with business leaders and environmental advocates held a solar jobs fair at Cornell’s Industrial and Labor Relations School in Buffalo.

There are more than 300 solar power related businesses in New York State. Coalition members say within 10 years, solar will be most cost effective energy resource, which will lead to new, sustainable jobs.

"The goal of this coalition is to bring together and put together state policy that can have New York be in the leadership of that development instead of tagging along at the end," said Ron Kamen of EarthKind Solar.

State lawmakers have introduced legislation to implement a long-term solar plan and it has passed the energy committee in the Assembly.

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What They're Saying

“Solar power will be a major part of our post-Sandy electric grid, helping make our energy infrastructure more robust, more cost effective and less polluting. The NY-Sun Initiative is driving the innovations needed to help modernize our energy infrastructure while reducing our reliance on climate-altering fossil fuels," said Rob Moore, Executive Director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

Facts

Passing the New York Solar Bill would:

Extend the successful NY-Sun Initiative through 2023, solidifying New York’s commitment to solar energy.
Build 2,200 MW of solar, enough clean, reliable electricity to power 400,000 New York homes.
Create thousands of new local jobs in New York.
Save New Yorkers billions by reducing the need to fire up our dirtiest and most expensive fossil power plants.
Spur millions of dollars of investment in the state's emerging clean energy economy.
Bring New York out from the shadow of states like Massachusetts and New Jersey that have surpassed New York in solar development.

New York Solar Bill

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