He noted that the new solar capacity the country added last year accounted for 11% of all new solar installations worldwide, a marked jump from the 5-7% it historically occupied.
Ruffalo, an Academy Award-nominated actor, made the switch to solar last year on his property in New York's Catskill Mountains, also near gas reserves.
He figures the new tax credits could quintuple his solar business in a year.
Faced with a potentially toxic mix of crippling public spending and decreasing oil and gas production, Algeria is looking for ways to expand their energy sector into new directions, including a substantial 20 year solar plan.
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With 12, 000 megawatts of new wind power last year and 30% growth in solar power, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions fell 3.7% in 2012.
Meanwhile, in 2007 the U.S. added 314 megawatts of new solar energy systems to the grid, up by 125% from the previous year.
This morning it is announcing it has an agreement to sell ten megawatts of panels in the first three quarters of this year to a developer that will erect a series of solar projects in New Jersey.
From news that Germany met half the country's energy needs with solar power to an Egyptian teenager who built a new quantum space propulsion system, 2012 was a big year for clean tech.
In an interesting variation on this theme, last year construction giant KB Home struck a deal with a Chinese solar company, BYD, to build new, moderately-priced homes with solar panels already installed in Lancaster, California.
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