California Sets Pace for Rooftop Solar Power.

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California Sets Pace for Rooftop Solar Power. By Felicity Barringer, NYTimes, July 16, 2009. "A decade ago, only 500 rooftops in California boasted solar panels that harvest the sun's energy. Today, there are nearly 50,000 solar-panel installations in the state, according to a report to be issued Thursday by the research and lobbying group Environment California. As a result, California, the longtime national leader in solar energy, has a capacity of more than 500 megawatts of solar power at peak periods in the early afternoon -- the same as a major power plant. The solar capacity in California grew by a third from 2007 to 2008. It now represents about two-thirds of the national total