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Martin makes clear that Christie Administration has a strong record of promoting clean energy development without reducing New Jerseys aggressive and realistic renewable energy portfolio standard of 22.5%. Trenton, NJ Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin today issued the following statement concerning legislative hearings and misinformation surrounding the Christie Administrations 2011 Draft Energy Master Plan: Energy as industry is critical to our states environmental and economic future. Governor Christie has aggressively promoted the development of renewable energy sources and provided the leadership necessary to move New Jersey forward into a greener, more economically prosperous energy future. The Christie Administrations Draft Energy Master Plan charts a course to achieve substantial and realistic goals, not Corzine-era platitudes that contain no substance. The Governors plan maintains the 7th most aggressive renewable energy portfolio standard in the nation at 22.5 percent. Driving cleaner, in-state energy production from home grown sources such as offshore wind and solar, the Governors environmental and clean energy agenda is a true testament to our states role as a national leader, promoting sound and environmentally responsible policy to meet our state's energy needs, to protect our air, water land and natural resources, and to advance a competitive and affordable climate for New Jersey families and businesses.
representing a combined 12,500 megawatts of green energy capacity; Signed the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act to provide financial assistance and tax credits to businesses that construct manufacturing, assembly and water access facilities that support offshore wind projects; Completed a first-of-its-kind, two-year baseline study that identifies environmentally optimal sites for offshore wind turbines.
Solar Achievements: New Jersey has 11,245 solar energy projects installed across the state providing over 430 MW of installed capacity; New Jersey has one of the nations most robust and mature Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) markets, which along with the best availability for long-term SREC contracts makes project finance much easier to attain; For the first quarter of 2011, New Jersey installed 42 MW of solar, representing 49% growth over first quarter 2010; The state has become a market primarily for non-residential projects over 100 kW; New Jersey is home to the largest rooftop solar array in the country, Gloucester Marine Terminal, at just over 9MW, 1 million square feet of panels, $42 million project, which powers 80% of the ports refrigeration and freezer warehouses; New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) has begun construction on a project to transform a closed Commission landfill into a productive solar farm that will generate up to 3 MW of renewable, costefficient electricity, expected to be placed in service during the fourth quarter of 2011.