[CPEO-BIF] New Jersey brightfields

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

As solar power developers search for sites, N.J. tries to cash in

Abby Gruen
Newark Star-Ledger (NJ)
September 12, 2010


New Jersey is looking for cash in some unlikely places these days, like 
its toxic waste dumps and overflowing landfills.

These unloved hallmarks of long-lost industries and careless planning 
may actually be able to pay for their own cleanup, if state regulators 
and solar developers can figure out how to make their transformation 
economical.

But that's a big "if."

As the recession enters its third year, and credit remains tight, solar 
power developers itching to cash in on New Jersey's generous renewable 
energy incentives are struggling to close deals on affordable land.

While the recent wave of solar development on fallow rooftop space of 
the Garden State's warehouses, factories and big box stores continues 
unabated, developers hungry for larger sites - 25 to 50 acres - are 
coming up empty-handed.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/as_solar_power_developers_sear.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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