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Solar Energy Facts

  1. Calgary and Edmonton are among the top three sunniest cities in Canada.
  2. Germany gets half of its electricity from solar power. And 90 percent of Germany’s solar panels are on individuals’ roofs (The Week, June 20, 2014).
  3. All new roofs in France must be covered in plants or solar (The Guardian, March 20, 2015).
  4. Denmark will get 100% of its electricity and heating from renewables by 2035 (Greenpeace, October 27, 2014).
  5. In five U.S. cities, power from rooftop solar units costs the same as or less than electricity from the grid (Renew Economy, May 25, 2015).
  6. The number of solar jobs in the U.S. has doubled in the last five years (CNN, January 12, 2016).
  7. Solar arrays substantially increase home resale value (Berkeley Lab, January 13, 2015).
  8. The U.S. solar industry now employs more workers than oil and gas (Guardian, January 12, 2016).
  9. Solar energy is more lucrative than crops at some U.S. farms (Bloomberg, March 29, 2016).
  10. The United States has over 1,000,000 solar installations and more than 200,000 Americans working in the solar industry (CNBC, May 9, 2016).
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