By learning about the benefits from solar power systems from a trusted peer who faces many of the same local challenges (utility, construction, permitting options, siting), research from Yale and New York University demonstrates that social solar has already been shown to boost adoption rates by close to a percentage point.

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In these places, construction is held back by slow-growing (Providence, Long Island) or declining (Detroit) populations or by already-high densities and building restrictions that leave fewer options for new construction (Orange County, CA).

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They also have limited options to zone land for high-density construction, due in part to grassroots opposition to existing residential neighborhoods.

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The company has exercised options to add three additional high specification jackup rigs to its construction backlog and a fourth ultra-deepwater drillship, Williams said.

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Subway construction is disrupting direct weekend service to Flushing, so be sure to check alternate travel options with the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

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By the same token the thirty-year hiatus in construction of new nuclear plants following Three Mile Island limited another important component of our energy mix and reduced our current options.

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