Smart Cities are Solar Cities

摘要

Solar-produced electricity used to be reserved only for science fiction and rich environmentalists, but this is no longer the case as Smart Cities across the nation have implemented solar power systems at a record pace in recent years. Thanks to federal and state subsidies, competition between solar developers, state sustainability initiatives, and improvements in technology, solar today has become quite affordable. It is now cheaper in many areas than both natural gas and coal. City governments are taking advantage of these technological advances and lucrative prices by making solar a big part of their energy plans. For states like New Mexico, Colorado and Arkansas, the cities of the future have arrived.