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NREL Study Shows 80 Percent Renewables Possible By 2050

2012-6-29 – 4:20 pm

“Getting to 80 percent renewables efficiently suggests the need for construction of 110-190 million miles of new transmission and 47-80,000 miles of new intertie capacity across the three interconnections. This would cost anywhere from $6.4 to $8.4 billion annually. However, this is in line with recent annual investments of $2 billion to $9 billion annually from 1995-2008. So, the new infrastructure demands are well in line with our national trajectory.”

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Cincinnati Explores 100% Renewable Energy Plan

2012-2-7 – 2:58 pm

“The biggest thing impacting our carbon footprint is how we get our electricity,” said Falkin who explained that Cincinnati currently gets approximately 85 percent of its energy from coal. “This is probably the biggest opportunity we’ll have over the next several years to dramatically reduce Cincinnati’s carbon footprint.”

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Thisted Municipality is Proud to be Sustainable

2009-12-9 – 3:30 pm

Wind power to mitigate climate change is insufficient alone. OTOH, 20% of electric power in Denmark comes from wind, and a federal report has stated this is possible for the United States, which would go a long way to reducing our carbon footprint.

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