{"id":6961,"date":"2015-03-30T05:37:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T10:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=6961"},"modified":"2015-03-30T05:37:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T10:37:50","slug":"texas-town-first-of-many-to-switch-to-100-renewable-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=6961","title":{"rendered":"Texas Town First Of Many To Switch To 100% Renewable Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/oilprice.com\/Alternative-Energy\/Renewable-Energy\/Texas-Town-First-Of-Many-To-Switch-To-100-Renewable-Power.html\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Town First Of Many To Switch To 100% Renewable Power<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>On March 18 the city of Georgetown, Texas announced that it would soon be generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources.<\/p>\n<p>Georgetown\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.georgetown.org\/2015\/03\/18\/georgetown-utility-to-be-powered-by-solar-and-wind-energy-by-2017\/\">agreed to purchase<\/a>\u00a0the power from a 150-megawatt solar farm that is to be constructed by SunEdison and online in 2016. Coupled with a 2014 agreement to buy wind power, Georgetown will be able to generate all of its electricity needs without any help from coal, oil, natural gas, or nuclear power.<\/p>\n<p>Texas, the largest oil producer in the United States, is not normally known for its green tendencies. But Georgetown will be the first of many cities in Texas and around the country that will increasingly turn to renewables for electricity. And that has less to do with environmentalism than it does with dollars and cents. Solar has seen its panel prices\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seia.org\/research-resources\/solar-industry-data\">fall by more than 63 percent<\/a>\u00a0since 2010, with wind posting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aweablog.org\/blog\/post\/falling-costs-for-wind-and-other-top-5-takeaways-from-new-wall-street-report\">similar cost declines<\/a>. As a result renewables are the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2015\/01\/solar-fastest-growing-source-renewable-energy-america\/\">fastest growing<\/a>\u00a0form of electricity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oilprice.com\/Alternative-Energy\/Nuclear-Power\/The-6.8-Billion-Great-Wall-Of-Japan-Fukushima-Cleanup-Takes-On-Epic-Proportion.html\"><strong>Related:\u00a0The $6.8 Billion Great Wall Of Japan: Fukushima Cleanup Takes On Epic Proportion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is upending\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/Can-Utilities-Survive-21st-Century-Energy-Market.html\">monopolies held by utilities<\/a>, which are fighting back against insurgent solar and wind. Utilities are trying to block new entrants into the market, which has earned the solar and wind industry some new and unlikely allies. In North Carolina, for example, a Republican state representative is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/north-carolina-the-next-big-utility-solar-showdown\/378325\/\">sponsoring legislation<\/a>\u00a0that will open up the market for third party ownership and financing of solar, something that is currently illegal. Dubbed the \u201cEnergy Freedom Act,\u201d the legislation could provide a dramatic boost to renewable energy in a state that has in the past\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/north-carolina-state-hiding-climate-science-2014-12\">banned<\/a>\u00a0state agencies from preparing for the threats of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Town First Of Many To Switch To 100% Renewable Power On March 18 the city of Georgetown, Texas announced that it would soon be generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Georgetown\u00a0agreed to purchase\u00a0the power from a 150-megawatt solar farm that is to be constructed by SunEdison and online in 2016. 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