Feb 1st NY Times article covers CA’s Solar Industry... the article covers private sector investment and emerging technology, most of which is in Silicon Valley. CA is poised, the article says, to be the world’s next big solar market and its entrepreneurial center. Also mentions Integrated Solar in South LA.
The article draws comparisons to the internet revolution – a dangerous comparison as low income communities did not necessarily benefit equally from the tech boom.
"A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/technology/01solar.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=solar+industry&st=nyt&oref=slogin
...California, he says, is poised to be both the world’s next big solar market and its entrepreneurial center.
...The question, Professor Kammen says, is: “How can we make sure it’s not just green elite or green chic, and make it the basis for the economy?”
... The optimists say a crucial difference this time is the participation of private-sector investors and innovators and emerging technologies. Eight of more than a dozen of the nation’s companies developing photovoltaic cells are based in California, and seven of those are in Silicon Valley.
