Solar energy fans see cloud-free future in Massachusetts

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Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:50:05 GMT

Solar energy fans see cloud-free future in Massachusetts

BOSTON (AP) Despite its long winters and aging housing stock, Massachusetts has a sunny future in solar power both as consumer and producer.

That's the word from environmentalists, business leaders and state officials who say solar energy is key not only to the state's energy independence, but to its economic health as it seeks to leapfrog to the top of the clean energy pack.

And while battles rage over wind farms and LNG terminals, solar power free, clean and as limitless as the clouds allow has been largely untouched by political wrangling.

Just this week, the state saw a flurry of solar energy developments.

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