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Theme: Trends in energy efficiency and renewable energy management

Wind & Renewable Energy 2016

Renowned Speakers

Asfaw Beyene
Professor,San Diego State University
USA

Jay Lee
University of Cincinnati United States of America
USA

David Greenblatt
Associate Professor,Technion â€“ Israel Institute of Technology
Israel

Philip Totaro
CEO,Totaro & Associates
Germany

Syed Islam
Professor, Curtin University,
Australia

Mohamed Pourkashanian
Head of University Energy Research, University of Sheffield
UK

Wind & Renewable Energy 2016

OMICS International cordially invites all the participants from all over the globe to attend the “World Congress and Exhibition on Wind & Renewable Energy” (Wind & Renewable Energy 2016) at Berlin, Germany during July 28-30, 2016 with the theme of “Trends in energy efficiency and renewable energy management”.

Wind energy is extracted from air flow using wind turbines to produce electrical power. Wind energy as an alternative to fossil fuels, is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation and uses little land. The effects on the environment are generally less problematic than those from other power sources. Wind & Renewable Energy 2016 is all about Planning, Operating, Grid integration, Aero dynamic noise cancellation, Urban wind Energy promotion, and future prospects of wind & Renewable energy. Wind & Renewable Energy 2016 will also include advancing international knowledge transfer in Ice monitoring and early protections, challenges and case studies of wind energy. Wind & Renewable Energy 2016 brings together experts, researchers, scholars and students from all areas of Wind Engineering, Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Control Engineering and other related areas, wind energy associations, generating Plant professionals, Developers, Wind turbine manufacturers.

Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that is collected from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas: electricity generation, air and water heating/cooling, transportation, and rural (off-grid) energy services. Sustainable energy is energy obtained from non-exhaustible resources. By definition, sustainable energy serves the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

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The global wind energy market was worth $130 billion in 2013 and $165.5 billion in 2014. The market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2% between 2015 and 2020 resulting in $176.2 billion in 2015 and $250 billion in 2020. The power sector is responsible for more than 40% of all carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, and about 25% of our total greenhouse gas emissions. If we are going to make significant emission reductions in the near to medium term, then we have to look at the power sector. In the period out to 2020, we don’t have too many options.

Renewable energy commercialization involves the deployment of three generations of renewable energy technologies dating back more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already mature and economically competitive, include biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal power and heat. Second-generation technologies are market-ready and are being deployed at the present time; they include solar heating, photovoltaics, wind power, solar thermal power stations, and modern forms of bioenergy. Third-generation technologies require continued R&D efforts in order to make large contributions on a global scale and include advanced biomass gasification, hot-dry-rock geothermal power, and ocean energy. As of 2012, renewable energy accounts for about half of new nameplate electrical capacity installed and costs are continuing to fall.

Target Audience:

Engineers who are specialized on the specific fields like Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineering. Renewable Energy professionals, Wind Turbine Manufacturers, Environmental Engineers, Wind Turbine blade designers who are related to those topics. Wind Power Industries, Renewable Energy Industries, Software Publishing Houses specializing in Turbine Design softwares are the Potential Exhibitors for the Respective Conferences. The European Wind Energy Association, World Wind Energy Association, American Wind Energy Association, Renewable Energy engineering institutes. Students and Delegates.

Theme:

Trends in energy efficiency and renewable energy management.

Scope and Importance:

Since the end of 2009, however, we’ve fallen back towards the Moderate scenario track. The same forces that have put the climate change agenda on the back burner for the past couple of years – recession in most of the OECD, the lack of EU ambition to ‘fix’ its emission trading system, fickle policy in the US and elsewhere – have contributed to slower growth in the wind energy sector – a flat market in 2010, modest growth in 2011 and again this year; and a very uncertain 2013 market. On the Moderate scenario track out to 2020 we would still see a cumulative capacity of more than 750 GW, and annual CO2 savings on the order of 1 billion tons/annum. Not insignificant, and better than the old IEA reference scenario upon which the ‘gap analysis’ is based, but not sufficient for wind energy to play its full part in combating the Climate crisis.

Renewable energy technologies are getting cheaper, through technological change and through the benefits of mass production and market competition. A 2011 IEA report said: "A portfolio of renewable energy technologies is becoming cost-competitive in an increasingly broad range of circumstances, in some cases providing investment opportunities without the need for specific economic support," and added that "cost reductions in critical technologies, such as wind and solar, are set to continue."[40] As of 2011, there have been substantial reductions in the cost of solar and wind technologies. Renewable energy is also the most economical solution for new grid-connected capacity in areas with good resources. As the cost of renewable power falls, the scope of economically viable applications increases. Renewable technologies are now often the most economical solution for new generating capacity. Where "oil-fired generation is the predominant power generation source (e.g. on islands, off-grid and in some countries) a lower-cost renewable solution almost always exists today".[4] As of 2012, renewable power generation technologies accounted for around half of all new power generation capacity additions globally. In 2011, additions included 41 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity, 30 GW of PV, 25 GW of hydro-electricity, 6 GW of biomass, 0.5 GW of CSP, and 0.1 GW of geothermal power

Why to attend?

With members from around the world focused on the field of Wind Energy; this is your single best opportunity to reach the largest assemblage of participants from the global energy sector Conduct demonstrations, distribute information, meet with current and potential turbines traders, make a splash with a new product line, and receive name recognition at this 3-days event. World-renowned speakers, the most recent techniques, tactics, and the newest updates in Wind energy fields are hallmarks of this conference. Conference brings together experts, researchers, scholars and students from all areas of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Control Engineering, Mechanics and other related areas, Wind energy associations, Turbine traders, generating and planning professionals, Developers, Contractors, planning and Design, Consultancy, Turbines and controllers manufacturers.

For Wind & Renewable Energy 2016 conference we have 16 Main and 48 sub scientific sessions.

Scientific Sessions:

Track-1 Wind Power Technology

Wind Power as an substitute to burning fossil fuels, is abundant, renewable, widely distributed, clean, produces no greenhouse gas radiations during operation, and uses little land. The net effects on the atmosphere are far less difficult than those of non-renewable power sources. Wind farms consist of many individual wind turbines which are connected to the electric power communication network. Onshore wind is an economical source of electricity, competitive with or in many places inexpensive than coal or gas plants. Offshore wind is securer and stronger than on land, and offshore farms have less pictorial impact, but construction and maintenance costs are considerably higher. Small Onshore wind farms can nourish some energy into the grid or provide electricity to isolated off-grid locations.

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Wind & Renewable Energy Societies and Associations:

American Wind Energy Association, Citizen Partnerships for Offshore Wind (CPOW), European Wind Energy Association, Global Wind Energy Council, World Wind Energy Association, American Council on Renewable Energy, American Solar Energy Society.

Track-2 Wind Turbines Instrumentation

A wind turbine is a device that translates kinetic energy from the wind into electrical power. The term appears to have transferred from parallel hydroelectric technology (rotary propeller). The technical description for this type of machine is an aerofoil-powered originator. The result of over an era of windmill development and fresh engineering, today's wind turbines are manufactured in a wide series of vertical and horizontal axis types. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for supplementary power for boats or caravans or to power traffic warning signs. Slightly bigger turbines can be used for making contributions to an internal power supply while selling unused power back to the utility supplier via the electrical grid. Displays of large turbines, known as wind farms, are becoming an increasingly important home of renewable energy and are used by many countries as part of a strategy to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels.

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Wind & Renewable Energy Societies and Associations:

International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, Solar Energy Industries Association, American Solar Energy Society

Track-3: Wind Farms Construction

A wind farm or wind park is an assembly of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred specific wind turbines and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the property between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other purposes. A wind farm can also be located offshore. Many of the largest functioning onshore wind farms are located in Germany, China and the United States. For example, the major wind farm in the world, Gansu Wind Farm in China has a capacity of over 6,000 MW of power in 2012 with a aim of 20,000 MW by 2020. The Alta Wind Energy Centre in California, United States is the biggest onshore wind farm outside of China, with a ability of 1,020 MW. As of April 2013, the 630 MW London Display in the UK is the leading offshore wind farmhouse in the world, followed by the 504 MW Greater Gabbard wind farm in the UK.

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Wind & Renewable Energy Societies and Associations:

German Wind Energy Association, German Energy Agency, German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE),German Association of Renewable Energies, EUROSOLAR – European Association for Renewable Energy

Track-4 Wind Safety Measures

High winds can occur during an unadorned thunderstorm, with a solid weather system, or can movement down a mountain. When winds are constant at 40-50 mph, inaccessible wind damage is possible. Well-known significant wind damage can occur with greater wind speeds. During strong thunderstorms, conservative line wind speeds can exceed 100 mph. High winds can blow objects around and pose a substantial threat to your safety.

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Track-5 Hydro Power Technology

Hydropower, or hydroelectric power, is the most corporate and least expensive cause of renewable electricity in the United States today. According to the Energy Statistics Administration, more than 6% of the country's electricity was produced from hydropower capitals in 2008, and about 70% of all renewable electricity generated in the United States came from hydropower assets.

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Track-6 Renewable &Sustainable energy

Renewable energy is normally defined as energy that is collected from possessions which are naturally replaced on a human schedule, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Renewable energy regularly provides energy in four important extents: electricity generation, air and water warming/cooling, conveyance, and rural (off-grid) energy facilities. Sustainable energy is energy gained from non-exhaustible resources. By definition, sustainable energy serves the needs of the present without conceding the ability of future generations to come across their essentials.

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Wind & Renewable Energy Societies and Associations:

German Wind Energy Association, German Energy Agency, German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE),German Association of Renewable Energies, EUROSOLAR – European Association for Renewable Energy

Track-7 Solar Power Technology

Solar energy is the freshest, most abundant renewable energy foundations available. The U.S. has some of the world’s ridiculous solar assets. Today's technology tolerates us to harness this resource in more than a few ways, giving the public and profitable entities flexible methods to employ both the light and heat of the sun. Solar energy can be positioned through distributed generation (DG), whereby the equipment is located on rooftops or ground-mounted ranges close to where the energy is used. Some solar expertise can also be built at utility-scale to yield energy as an essential power plant.

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Track-8 Global trends in Renewable energy Commercialization & Investment

Renewable energy commercialization includes the deployment of three generations of renewable energy expertise dating rear more than 100 years. First-generation technologies, which are already established and carefully competitive, contain biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal power and heat. Second-generation technologies are market-ready and are being arranged at the present time; they include solar heating, Photovoltaics, wind power, solar thermal power stations, and present forms of bioenergy. Third-generation technologies require continued R&D efforts in order to make large offerings on a universal scale and include advanced biomass gasification, hot-dry-rock geothermal power, and ocean energy. As of 2012, renewable energy versions for about half of new nameplate electrical ability installed and costs are enduring to fall.

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Track-9 Third Generation Wind Power

New moving wind turbine models are being developed and demonstration projects afford the first steps towards small generating displays comprising a trickle of turbines. This in turn will spark more research and innovation, and offer insight into how to combine expertise and further enhance designs. Many Coastal areas of the worldthe waters are too deep for this skill. Floating wind turbine knowledge offers a new prospect to provide clean energy to countries and coastal regions with deep water shores. Floating wind turbines can be positioned in deep to ultra-deep waters, in the 1,000 metres array and away from.

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Track-10 Ocean Energy

Ocean Energy is a world leader in Resourceful Renewable Energy within the wave energy industry. Wave technology is one of the most thrilling areas of untapped energy prospective and Ocean Energy have developed ground breaking knowledge to connect the power of the ocean. Given changing fuel prices and the impact of global warming, Ocean Energy is now in a very tough position to commercialise the vast body of research and progress it has invested in over the past 10 years. The sea is a limitless source of power and is an exciting environment, so in order to exploit wave energy commercially there are a number of key apparatuses required.

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The power sector is responsible for more than 40% of all carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, and about 25% of our total greenhouse gas emissions. If we are going to make significant emission reductions in the near to medium term, then we have to look at the power sector. In the period out to 2020, we don’t have too many options.

Why Germany?

Berlin the capital and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in north-eastern Germany on the banks of River Spree, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about 6 million residents from over 180 nations. Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.

Germany's renewable energy sector is among the most innovative and successful worldwide. Net-generation from renewable energy sources in the German electricity sector has increased from 6.3% in 2000 to about 30% in 2014. For the first time ever, wind, biogas, and solar combined accounted for a larger portion of net electricity production than brown coal. While peak-generation from combined wind and solar reached a new all-time high of 74% in April 2014, wind power saw its best day ever on December 12, 2014, generating 562 GWh. Germany has been called "the world's first major renewable energy economy".

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Major Societies and Associations around the Globe

Wind energy - American Wind Energy Association

Wind energy - Citizen Partnerships for Offshore Wind (CPOW)

Wind energy - European Wind Energy Association

Wind energy - Global Wind Energy Council

Wind energy - World Wind Energy Association

American Council on Renewable Energy

American Solar Energy Society

International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE)

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory

Solar Energy Industries Association

American Solar Energy Society

Major Societies and Associations in Germany

German Wind Energy Association.

German Energy Agency.

German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE)

German Association of Renewable Energies

EUROSOLAR – European Association for Renewable Energy

Wind & Renewable Energy related Companies in Berlin and Brandenburg:

Ammonit Measurement GmbH (development and production of precision measurement instruments for the wind industry).

PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH (rectifier for wind energy plants).

Converteam GmbH (electrical systems and wind park construction).

Reuther GmbH (towers, chemistry and storage tanks).

Vestas Blades Deutschland GmbH (rotor blades)

REpower Systems SE (nacelles)

EUROS Entwicklungsgesellschaft für Windkraftanlagen mbH (Entwicklungsbüro), the EUROS development office.

Wpd thin energy GmbH (planning and projection of wind energy projects)

Enertrag AG (services).

Seilpartner Windkraft (services).

Top Universities in Germany:

Technische Universität München (TUM) (Technical University of Munich) Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Mänchen (University of Munich)

Universität Heidelberg Freie Universität Berlin University of Göttingen

Aachen University of Technology Berufsakademie Ravensburg

Christian-Albrechts-Universität Dortmund University

Dresden Technical University

Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald

University of Kiel

Flensburg University of Applied Sciences

The University of Rostock

University of Hamburg

University of Stuttgart

Top Companies Worldwide

1. Vestas (Denmark) -13.2%

2. Goldwind (China) -10.3%

3. Enercon (Germany) -10.1%

4. Siemens(Germany) - 8.0%

5. Sulzon Group(India) - 6.3%

6. GE(U.S)- 4.9%

7. Gamesa (Spain) - 4.6%

8. Ming Yang(China) - 3.7%

9. Nordex (Germany) -3.4%

10. Iberdrola

11. Calpine Corp

12. China Yangtze Power

13. NextEra Energy

14. First Solar

15. LDK Solar

Glance at Market of Wind & Renewable Energy concerning to Germany:

Germany is Europe’s leading wind energy market with 11% of globally installed capacity in 2013 (GWEC 2014).

Germany’s 9.1% share of global new installations made it the world’s second largest market for new installations in 2013. (GWEC 2014).

The country’s wind energy sector employs over 100,000 people. (BMU 2012)

Total installed capacity increased by 9.5% to 34,250 MW in 2014. (Deutsche Wind guard 2014: On- & Offshore Statistics Fact Sheets 2013) 34% increase in newly installed nominal capacity between 2012 and 2013. (Deutsche Wind guard 2014: On- & Offshore Statistics Fact Sheets 2013)

The central theme of Germany’s energy policy holds three goals: security of supply, financial efficiency and environmental- and climate responsive energy. Germany also supports an energy concept that emphases on a structural change in the energy supply. It is a long-term energy strategy from now until 2050 with determined goals to address the challenge of ecological energy provision. In order to achieve the planned change, German legislation has placed a focus on increasing the use of renewable energies and refining energy efficiency. Europe’s largest economy also signed a climate package with eager goals to cut radiations and expand renewable energies by 2020. Taking priority, is an 80 to 95 percent reduction of greenhouse gas radiation levels (compared to 1990 levels) and an 80 percent renewable energy share of the power mix, of which a large part will be wind generated (including on- and off-shore production). With an impressive 20 percent renewable energy power mix share today, Germany is already well on the way to meeting the 2020 target of a 35 percent renewable energy share. A central portion of Germany’s energy legislation is the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) which was first created in 2000. The EEG has been enormously successful in widely expanding the combination of renewable energies into Germany’s energy mix, all the while strengthening the country’s global leadership in the market of environmental technologies.

Glance of global market analysis of Wind Energy in UK:

The UK is one of the best locations for wind power in the world, and is considered to be the best in Europe. Wind power delivers a growing fraction of the energy in the United Kingdom and at the beginning of January 2015, wind power in the United Kingdom consisted of 5,958 wind turbines.

With total installed capacity of just under 12GW.

Ø 7,950 MW of onshore capacity

Ø 4,049 MW of offshore capacity

The United Kingdom is ranked as the world's sixth largest producer of wind power, having overtaken France and Italy in 2012. Polling of public opinion consistently shows strong support for wind power in the UK, with nearly three quarters of the population agreeing with its use, even for people living near onshore wind turbines. In 2015 it was estimated that the use of wind power in the UK added £18 to the average yearly electricity bill.

1.3 GW of new wind power capacity was brought online during 2014, a 12% increase of the total UK installed capacity. The largest wind farms to come on stream in 2014 were Harestanes onshore (136 MW max. capacity) and West of Duddon Sands offshore (389 MW).In 2014, 28.1 TW·h of energy was generated by wind power, which contributed 9.3% of the UK's electricity requirement.

Through the Renewables Obligation, British electricity suppliers are now required by law to provide a proportion of their sales from renewable sources such as wind power or pay a penalty fee. The supplier then receives a Renewables Obligation Certificate (ROC) for each MW·h of electricity they have purchased. Within the United Kingdom, wind power is the largest source of renewable electricity, and the second largest source of renewable energy after biomass.

The number of wind farms in the UK is steadily increasing and as the industry grows, prices of generating electricity in this way should fall. In 2008 the UK became the country with the most offshore wind capacity, overtaking Denmark.

Public Opinion:

Surveys of public attitudes across Europe and in many other countries show strong public support for wind power. About 80 percent of EU citizens support wind power.A 2003 survey of residents living around Scotland's 10 existing wind farms found high levels of community acceptance and strong support for wind power, with much support from those who lived closest to the wind farms. The results of this survey support those of an earlier Scottish Executive survey 'Public attitudes to the Environment in Scotland 2002', which found that the Scottish public would prefer the majority of their electricity to come from renewables, and which rated wind power as the cleanest source of renewable energy. A survey conducted in 2005 showed that 74% of people in Scotland agree that wind farms are necessary to meet current and future energy needs. When people were asked the same question in a Scottish renewables study conducted in 2010, 78% agreed. The increase is significant as there were twice as many wind farms in 2010 as there were in 2005. The 2010 survey also showed that 52% disagreed with the statement that wind farms are "ugly and a blot on the landscape". 59% agreed that wind farms were necessary and that how they looked was unimportant. Scotland is planning to obtain 100% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

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Glance of global market analysis of Wind Energy in USA:

Wind Power in the United States is a branch of the energy industry, expanding quickly over the last several years. As of the end of 2014 the capacity was 65,879 MW. This capacity is exceeded only by China and the European Union 11,895 MW of wind power was installed in 2012 alone, representing 26.5% of new power capacity. The U.S. wind industry has had an average annual growth of 25.6% over the last 10 years (beginning of 2005-end of 2014).Projects totaling 12,000 MW of capacity were under construction at the end of 2013, including 10,900 MW that began construction in the 4th quarter.

Sixteen states have installed over 1,000 MW of wind capacity with Michigan just breaking the mark in the 4th quarter of 2013. Texas, with 14,098 MW of capacity, has the most installed wind power capacity of any U.S. state, and also has more under construction than any other state currently has installed. Second and third are California and Iowa with 5,917 MW and 5,688 MW respectively. The Alta Wind Energy Center in California is the largest wind farm in the United States with a capacity of 1320 MW of power. GE Energy is the largest domestic wind turbine manufacturer.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s report 20% Wind Energy by 2030 envisioned that wind power could supply 20% of all U.S. electricity, which included a contribution of 4% from offshore wind power. On January 1, 2013 the production tax credit was extended for another year.

Renewable energies (Wind and Solar Energy) are centerpieces of the Clean Power Plan, the United States’ first ever rule to reduce carbon dioxide from power plants. The rule not only makes renewables one of the plan’s three central building blocks, but also creates special incentives to spur communities to build renewables more quickly than required. The revised version of the rule comes after a year of review, hundreds of meetings and 4.3 million public comments delivered to EPA. It requires that states come up with plans to cut carbon pollution from power plants by 870 million tons, or 32 percent below 2005 levels, in 2030.“The valuable feedback we received means the final Clean Power Plan is more ambitious yet more achievable, so states can customize plans to achieve their goals in ways that make sense for their communities, businesses and utilities,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Over the year the EPA realized that clean energy is making its way into the U.S. economy faster than expected, she said. The nation uses three times more wind and 20 times more solar energy than it did in 2009, and the solar industry added jobs 10 times faster than the rest of the economy, according to the agency. The plan strives to make renewable growth happen even faster. “Time and again, when there’s a market signal — whether it’s from consumers, from states, or from EPA — markets respond. There is no reason to think the Clean Power Plan should be any different,” said Malcolm Woolf, senior vice president for policy and government affairs for the Advanced Energy Economy. In addition to cutting carbon emissions, the plan is expected to reduce other power plant pollutants: sulfur dioxide by 90 percent and nitrogen oxide by 72 percent lower, compared to 2005 levels.

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America's Greenest Cities

Erin Vaughan

From sea to shining sea, America’s cities are getting on board with green projects and policies, and that effort is having a real effect—in fact, according to the EPA, there have been substantial emissions reductions since 1980. But we still obviously have a long way to go, and the damaging effects of climate change loom very real in the future. NASA predicts that sea levels and global temperatures will continue to rise in tandem with one another—in fact, average world temperatures are projected to rise over 2.5 degrees in the next century. That may seem like a small amount, but it will cause more droughts, heat waves, hurricanes, and storm surges—extreme weather that will make life on Earth more difficult and dangerous, especially for more vulnerable areas.

Those predictions are stark, but the good news is that Americans are becoming more environmentally aware than ever, with each successive generation. A 2011 Pew Study found that millennials are much more likely to support dramatic environmental policies, so we’ll likely see even more progressive change as Gen Y comes of age. Furthermore, advances in technology are making green energy sources like solar more powerful and attractive to your average household. As the decade progresses, you can expect some of the most environmentally-forward legislation we’ve ever seen to be passed, driven by innovative policies in a few key urban areas. Below are some of the most revolutionary.

Via The Star-Tribune

Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota’s Department of Commerce predicts big changes for the state of solar in 2016—in fact, the department commissioner is projecting a boost in installations that will raise the state’s solar capacity almost fifteen times over. Minneapolis, in particular, leads the charge for the state in green projects; for instance, the city’s Target Field is not only LEED certified, it also harvests rainwater and snowmelt for sustainable landscaping. Minneapolis also adopted some of the most expansive environmental portfolio standards in the U.S., including goals like reducing emissions by 30 percent by 2025, and the construction of a second light rail line that will serve over 41,000 riders on an average weekday by 2030.

Via New York League of Conservation Voters

New York City, New York

It’s the city where dreams are made—including glittering visions for a greener tomorrow. In the Big Apple, more than half the population walks, bikes, or takes the subway to work, giving it big points for green transportation. Most recently, the city implemented a new pilot program to launch several solar powered benches throughout its parks, allowing residents to charge their cell phones and devices while taking in the scenery. New York state has an extremely aggressive emissions reduction goal—by 2050, it aims to reduce pollution levels by 80 percent below 1990 levels. Meanwhile, it’s also consistently ranked as one of the most energy efficient states in the nation, largely due to generous state incentive programs.

Via All Hawaii News

Honolulu, Hawaii

Hawaii is currently facing some very challenging economic circumstances, so you may be surprised to learn that Honolulu ranks so highly on environmental measures. However, its position away from the mainland gives it some of the best air quality in the nation, with 351 days a year receiving a “good” air quality rating in a survey run by the EPA. Alternative energy plays a huge role, as well—12 percent of residents on Oahu have solar panels on their homes, thanks largely to flexible energy purchasing strategies, such as Honolulu’s Solar Loan Program, which offers residents zero-interest loans of up to $10,000 for the purchase of solar energy equipment.

Via Vox

Portland, Oregon

Portland might as well change its motto to “keep Portland green,” with its clean energy measures and environmental thinking. Over half of the city’s power comes from renewable sources, including solar, geothermal, and hydropower energy. In fact, the state capitol building in Portland was one of the first state capitols to install its own solar array—a 60 panel installation that generates 7.8 kilowatts. Portland residents are well-known for being environmentally-friendly—a whopping 8 percent of the population uses bicycles as their primary transportation, helping them keep this city one of the top in the nation for air quality.

Via Business Wire

San Francisco, California

The City by the Bay has always been a haven for freethinkers, and its progressive energy policies reflect that offbeat vibe. San Francisco was one of the first cities to ban plastic bags, and almost all of its cabs are hybrid vehicles. Recently, the city’s board of supervisors passed a regulation requiring that all new buildings be equipped with a solar power source—the first city in the U.S. to approve such a measure. That policy is due in part to the passage of a larger piece of state legislation requiring all new construction be built with at least 15 percent of the roof space designated “solar-ready.” San Francisco’s goal is to achieve 100 percent renewable power, meaning it’s certainly earning its nickname as the city that knows how to achieve radical environmental change.

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