Hayes reports: "After years of hype, renewable energy has gone mainstream in much of the United States and, increasingly, around the world."
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17 July 14
FTER years of hype, renewable energy has gone mainstream in much of the United States and, increasingly, around the world.
Enormous wind projects are moving ahead in oil- and gas-rich Wyoming, utility-scale solar projects are sprouting up in California and Nevada and tens of thousands of homeowners nationwide are installing affordable solar panels on their rooftops.
But many communities that need small-scale renewable energy remain out in the cold — literally and figuratively.
