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Citing falling costs for solar and the potential to save ratepayers money , the city decided going solar was very much in its best interests .
“ The resolution would save Austin ratepayers money and keep electricity prices in the lowest 50 percent range among Texas utilities . With numbers like that it ’ s no mystery why utilities and power producers are starting to see the light on solar ,” The Energy Collective ’ s Marita Mirzatuny writes . “ Recently , the City of Georgetown , with about 1 / 20th the number of customers of a utility like Austin Energy , issued its own proposal for 150 MW of solar . Since the Austin Energy announcement , several utilities in Texas have been looking at investments in new solar power plants .”
Austin is just one out of a number of American cities looking to achieve some level of aggressive solar goals by 2020 .
The U . S . federal government is also throwing its support behind solar , aiming to add at least 50,000 new solar employees by 2020 . In order to make this happen , the U . S . Department of Energy is partnering with community colleges to provide opportunities
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Solar will play a large part in the future of the International Space Station , which is set to stay in orbit until at least 2020
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