Community energy USA
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This article focuses on information specific to the United States. Please see our Community energy page for a topic overview.
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Infographics: Renewable energy sources, from Good, requires Flash
Maps
windFarm, USGS
Shares of electricity generation from renewable energy sources up in many states, U.S. Energy Information Administration, April 9, 2012
Sharing ideas and actions
Community Power Network, Working Together for Local, Renewable Energy
News and comment
2019
California’s rooftop solar mandate will normalize clean energy, Jan 8 [1]
2017
Microgrids Keep These Cities Running When the Power Goes Out, Dec 4 [2]
Bloomberg unveils clean energy commitment to counter rollback of emissions rule, Oct 11 [3]
Community Reacts To Solar Farm: 'Hey, I’m Not Polluting', Sep 20 [4] ...Colorado
The Surprising State Where Solar Energy Is Flourishing, Jul 19 [5]
Illinois's Cook County Helps Solar Energy Cooperatives Rise and Shine, Jul 19 [6]
Shared Renewables Hold Big Potential for Communities Left Out of Clean Energy Programs, Jul 11 [7]
Hundreds of US mayors endorse switch to 100% renewable energy by 2035, Jun 26 [8]
How Electricity Cooperatives in the US are Paving the Way for a Renewable Future, Jun 19 [9]
New York City: In Brooklyn, you can now sell solar power to your neighbors, May 23 [10]
Massachusetts: Church solar project inspires solar for neighborhood, May 2 [11]
San Diego: More minority communities are saving money and energy with renewable solar energy, Apr 21 [12]
2015
Community energy model is speeding US move to renewables, May 8 [13]
2014
No End in Sight for America's Solar Revolution, August 7 [14]
2011
Community Solar Gardens on the Rise, August 29 [15]
Campaigns
100%, a campaign of the Solutions Project
See also
local information can be found, or shared, via our many USA location pages
External links
- Clean Energy States Alliance
- Energy Self-Reliant States, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
- The Solutions Project, an organization first conceived in 2011 by prominent figures in science, business and the entertainment media with the goal of utilizing the combined efforts of individuals in the fields of science, business and culture to accelerate the transition to 100 percent renewable energy use in the United States. Based on the results of academic research, the organization maintains that America is capable of meeting its entire energy needs through renewal energy sources, and that this goal can be achieved by the year 2050. (The organization defines renewable energy as solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, geothermal energy and wave/tidal power.) Furthermore, the organization claims that the solutions that will be needed to achieve this goal are primarily social and political, not technical, in nature, as most of the technology necessary to bring about the transition already exists.
- The organization has proposed what it calls the "50 States 50 Plans" initiative. These are plans developed for each of the 50 United States specifying the precise mix of renewable energy types that, given factors such as geography and climate, would allow that particular state to receive all of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. The organization claims that, beyond the issue of environmental sustainability, a number of significant benefits to society would come about if the initiative were adopted, including consumer energy cost savings, health cost savings and millions of long-term (40 years or more) jobs. W
- LEAN Energy US (Local Energy Aggregation Network). See also: Wikipedia: Community Choice Aggregation
- Center for Sustainable Energy