The state of Georgia is emerging as a leader among the 50 states in promoting and implementing the use of solar energy, in part because of both business and government leaders focusing on the practical aspects of working solar polar into the energy mix.

Overall, the state’s approach – seeing solar as part of the solution and not too complicated or expensive to implement – has thrust it into the spotlight among solar power advocates.

“Georgia is going to wind up being a state that everyone looks toward,” Ken Johnson, a vice president and spokesman for the Solar Energy Industries Association in Washington, D.C., told the Tampa Bay Times.

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