How will New Jersey reach the mandate of installing 1,500 MW of solar by 2020? And how will the Clean Energy Program be vital to that goal?
New Jersey’s 30% by 2020 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards (RPS) will require at minimum approximately 4,400 MW of renewable energy capacity and 1500 MW of Solar capacity. To meet these goals, we will need to expand New Jersey’s renewable capacity and foster a strong regional market for renewables like wind, biomass and landfill gas. More importantly, we will have to substantially grow and expand New Jersey’s solar capacity goal from 90 MW in 2008 to 1500 MW by 2020! In just 12 years we will need to add over 1400 MW of solar capacity or approximately 117 MW a year!
