The state was also among the leaders in total installed residential solar through 2016 and the slice of in - state power generation that
came from renewable sources in 2015.
That means creating a truly sustainable world, one in which
energy comes from renewable sources, natural resources are reclaimed rather than mined, waste is recycled rather than dumped.
More and more corporations, government agencies and entire cities are making large, long - term commitments to ensure that the power they do
use comes from renewable sources.
As of 2017, New York's Clean Energy Fund budget comes in at $ 5 billion and the proposed Clean Energy Standard requires that 50 percent of energy in New
York come from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2030.
In reducing the overall amount of electricity the state consumes, energy efficiency projects support New York's Clean Energy Standard, which mandates that 50 percent of all electricity used in the
state come from renewable sources by 2030.
The big issues facing the industry are whether the federal government will extend clean - energy tax credits beyond 2008 — the industry wants at least a five - year extension — and whether Congress will pass a bill to mandate that 15 percent of the nation's
power comes from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2020.
Of all new capacity built across the E.U. in 2016, 86
percent came from renewable sources like wind and solar, as well as more environmentally controversial sources like hydropower and biomass.
Yet the UK government continues to insist that fuel suppliers show that at least five per cent of their
fuel comes from renewable sources, or risk being forced to pay a substitute amount of money.
A national renewable electricity standard would mandate that a given share of an electric company's
production come from renewable sources (most likely wind power), or, in the case of a «clean energy standard,» from an expanded list including nuclear and hydroelectric power.
Stanford University Central Energy Facility is a campus - wide energy system that replaces a 100 percent fossil - fuel - based cogeneration plant with primarily electrical power, 65 percent of
which comes from renewable sources (Credit: Tim Griffith)
99 % of electricity used in Costa
Rica comes from renewable sources, and the government is far ahead of many wealthier nations, having committed the country to becoming carbon neutral by 2021.
«We are already on our way to closing Indian Point without reliability issues, without price spikes and with virtually all of the replacement power
needed coming from renewable sources or efficiency,» Gallay says.
If the goal is to have more of those
gallons come from renewable sources rather than imported oil, fuels like ethanol are the only technologies that are having an impact today.»
In one of the boldest renewable energy standards set thus far, Colorado's governor Bill Ritter has signed into law a bill requiring 30 % of the state's energy
mix come from renewable sources by 2020.
He said Brazil was efficient in energy production and distribution, with most of its energy
matrix coming from renewable sources, but also said 75 percent of carbon gas emissions in the country come from deforestation and agriculture.
In places like California, where a high proportion of electricity
comes from renewable sources whose production varies throughout the day, this is particularly important.
A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that
comes from renewable sources in coal - dependent China.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont's largest city has a new success to add to its list of socially conscious achievements: 100 percent of its electricity
now comes from renewable sources such as wind, water, and biomass.
Despite severe drought conditions across most of the country, 97 percent of electricity generated during the first three months of this
year came from renewable sources, the...
The project received funding through Governor Cuomo's $ 1 billion NY - Sun initiative, which is designed to build a self - sustaining solar industry in New York and help achieve strategic energy goals under REV and the Clean Energy Standard, which requires that 50 percent of electricity generated in New
York come from renewable sources by 2030.