Which States Use the Most Renewable Energy… And How They Made it Happen
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Which state gets 30% of its electricity from renewable power?
Maine. The reason that Maine is ahead of many other states is that it set very high renewable energy goals; very early on. It put a RPS* goal in place in the 1990’s to get 30% renewable energy by 2000 and an additional 1% annually. Maine also gets an additional 22% from its abundant hydro power, bringing technically carbon-free electricity to 55%, but hydro is not included in renewable power counts.
A *Renewable Portfolio Standard requires utilities to buy an increasing percent of power from renewable sources. Result? Renewable energy supplied 30% of their electricity by 2005. Not 35% Still; not too shabby. If you aim high; you’ll get further than with no goals at all.
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