(美國當?shù)?月27日）雖然美國煤,石油和天然氣等化石燃料工業(yè)繼續(xù)在美國發(fā)展，但目前美國公用事業(yè)開始有了利用更安全和更清潔能源的傾向。去年春天，一個公用事業(yè)行業(yè)研究小組與太陽能技術促進中心合作推動發(fā)展太陽能事業(yè)向前邁進。本周，太陽能電力協(xié)會（SEPA）的派出小組的高級管理人員去日本進行日本太陽能公用事業(yè)之旅,以了解更多太陽能并網(wǎng)和普及到社區(qū)的安排。

While the fossil fuel industry continues to wreak havoc over the American landscape in pursuit of coal, oil, and natural gas, U.S. utilities have started to make a collective shift toward safer and more secure sources of energy.  Last spring, a utilities industry research group partnered up with the new Solar Technology Acceleration Center to push solar energy development forward. This week, the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) sent a group of top utility executives on a solar tour of  Japan in order to learn more about integrating solar energy into grids and communities.