OK, Rhode Island is a tiny state, but first in the nation is still first. It's going to be quite a race, with Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Maine, New York, Washington and Virginia also planning to get to 100% Renewables. Then we can talk about cars and charging stations and a lot more, as Rhode Island is also doing. And we can talk more about the rest of the states, and the nations of the world, of course.
We’re developing a blueprint to transform Rhode Island into the first 100% clean energy state
Alack Sinner, DK Diary
We’re the Rhode Island Progressive Democrats of America and clean energy company Ocean State Community Energy, and we’re working together to develop a blueprint to transform Rhode Island into the first 100% clean energy state.
It will produce over 100% of Rhode Island’s energy needs—including energy for heating, cooling, and transportation—by 2030.
Best of all, the blueprint will be scalable so every state can use it to build their own clean energy system.
It’s a complex project, and there’s too much to fit in a diary. The Rhode Island Progressive Democrats website gives a more thorough outline of the project, and Ocean State Community Energy’s pilot blueprint for Cranston, Rhode Island’s second largest city, takes a deeper dive into how powering a state with clean energy works.
The blueprint also confirms that Rhode Island can generate more energy than it needs because almost every Rhode Island city has more room for energy production than Cranston does.
With excess energy to sell, the economic reasons to switch get even better.
Excellent but short Diary. Worth reading in its entirety. And now we will take a deeper dive into those and other sources of information.