Mayor Antonio Villaragosa

Municipal Government

Utility

Solar panels converting sunlight into electricity for the airport facility.

A policy mechanism that provides financial incentives for adopting renewable energy sources, such as solar power.

California

Germany

A municipal initiative to promote solar energy adoption by guaranteeing fixed payment rates for excess solar energy fed back to the grid. The program was introduced six months before the article's publication and represents the largest feed-in tariff program in the United States.