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Browsing the "locally-owned renewable energy" Tag

Going Boulder: a Vote for Energy Self-Reliance

November 15th, 2011 | by John Farrell

By a razor-thin margin, Boulder citizens gave the city a victory for energy self-reliance on Nov. 1, approving two ballot measures to let the city form a municipal utility. If the city moves ahead, it would capture nearly $100 million currently spent on electricity imports and instead create up to $350 million in local economic development by dramatically increasing local clean energy production


Local Ownership Means Local Love for Wind Power

July 29th, 2011 | by John Farrell

A new article in the journal Energy Policy supports the notion that local ownership is key to overcoming local resistance to renewable energy. The article summarizes a survey conducted of two towns in Germany, both with local wind projects, but only one that was locally owned. The results are summarized in this chart



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