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The 3 GW Initiative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Tim Palucka
Tim Palucka
Affiliation:
Science Writer, USA

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California continues its tradition of leading the United States in environmental stewardship through the California Solar Initiative (CSI), a $3.3 billion program established in January 2006. The goal is to generate 3 GW of electricity by 2017 through photovoltaic methods by installing solar cells on the roofs of existing and new residential and commercial buildings (see Figure 1). CSI will “reduce our output of greenhouse gases by 3 million tons,” California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a speech given in October 2006. “That is equivalent to taking one million cars off the road.”

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Bulletin , Volume 33 , Issue 4: Harnessing Materials for Energy , April 2008 , pp. 371 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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