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(2) Rock Port, Missouri, population 1,403, became the first
100-percent wind-powered city in the U.S. in 2008 with the establishment
of the Loess Hill Wind Farm that has four 1.25 megawatt turbines.
The turbines are projected to generate 16 gigawatt hours of electricity
annually, which is beyond the 13 gigawatts the town consumes each
year. John Deere Wind Energy played a role in financing the
project.
(3) The impact of adopting renewable energy technologies on the
farm: Thirty-five years ago, a three-year (1976-1980) research
and demonstration project was conducted with 48 farms in Cedar County,
Nebraska. The research and demonstration “Small Farm Energy
Project” was funded by the federal Community Services Administration
through the Center for Rural Affairs at the University of Nebraska.
The results: an average of $1,138 in energy expenses (in 1979 dollars)
was saved for each participating farm through adoption of renewable
energy technologies to generate power to meet farm load demands.
(4) Solar City in California offers homeowners leases of photovoltaic
installations on their homes. Solar City provides and installs a
complete solar electric system on the lessee’s home. The lessee
pays the lease costs with the receipts from selling home power back to
the utility company through these grid-tied systems. The company
provides a financial analysis for each proposed installation to show the
economics of the installation, given current electric utility rates at
the customer’s site.
(5) American Solar Energy Society (of which I am a member) hopes to have
150,000 people tour solar homes in the 2008 ASES Solar Tours, which are
scheduled to be held in 46 states. In 2007, 115,000 visitors
visited some 5,000 buildings in 2,900 communities. The object of
the tours is to introduce members of the public to what is possible so
they can be inspired to go do likewise.
(6) The St. George, Utah, Municipal Power Authority is developing a 13
acre “solar condo” from which customers can purchase solar-generated
power, much as we in Moab can buy wind power through Rocky Mountain
Power. This illustrates how having a municipal power authority is
the key to being able to build local renewable energy sources to supply
customers on the local grid.
(7) Macy’s: In 2007 department store chain Macy’s installed
8 MW of solar power capacity in its California stores, one of the largest
commitments to solar energy by a U.S. retailer to date. Combined
with energy-efficiency efforts, Macy’s aims to reduce its consumption of
utility-supplied electricity by 40 percent.
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