tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625080587544544864.post6747958388354938221..comments2023-10-30T06:22:13.097-07:00Comments on MIT Energy Solar Blog: Growth Potential for Solar in MADavid Danielsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17682855178639118859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625080587544544864.post-68529549130318949532007-08-21T22:57:00.000-07:002007-08-21T22:57:00.000-07:00love the graphic with US compared to Germany solar...love the graphic with US compared to Germany solar resources!jessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934705931389722373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625080587544544864.post-9063279559539353552007-08-20T16:46:00.000-07:002007-08-20T16:46:00.000-07:00Some excellent points as to why MA can become a le...Some excellent points as to why MA can become a leader in both solar innovation and deployment in the near future given the right policies. MA/Northeast has the intellectual assets, the solar resource, and a large potential regional market. All we need now is the policy to synergize these preexisting assets.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Everyone always focuses on the fact that MA has an amazing density of intellectual assets in its research institutions (which indeed it does).<BR/><BR/>However, you make two much more underappreciated points about the potential for solar in MA/ Northeast wonderfully clear through your graphics.<BR/><BR/>1.) There is a huge market for renewable power in the Northeast simply b/c the Northeast uses so much electric power. The light at night map is a proxy for electric power usage - note that the Northast, esp along the coast, is much brighter than California on average in this graphic.<BR/><BR/>2.) The solar resource in the Northeast is not particulary poor(~1500-1600 kWh/kW*yr in the Northeast vs 1800-1900 in the CA Bay Area) and is a whole lot better than Germany's (now a global leader in PV manufacturing and deployment simply due to its forward looking energy policies)<BR/><BR/><BR/>What are the right policies to get MA and the Northeast moving to take advantage of this?David Danielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682855178639118859noreply@blogger.com