{"id":1303,"date":"2019-04-23T22:09:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T05:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapplingstars.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2020-12-06T20:49:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T04:49:26","slug":"goal-power-san-franciscos-downtown-with-100-percent-renewable-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapplingstars.com\/2019\/04\/23\/goal-power-san-franciscos-downtown-with-100-percent-renewable-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal: Power San Francisco’s Downtown With 100% Renewable Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our everyday lives we are constantly looking for sources of energy.<\/p>\n

Energy for our body, cars, homes and companies.<\/p>\n

As important, we look for ways to sustain and renew it.<\/p>\n

On a singular planet with a mushrooming population, acquiring and renewing energy is vital.<\/p>\n

So what is renewable energy exactly?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Renewable energy<\/strong> is energy that is collected from renewable resources<\/a>, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale<\/a>, such as sunlight<\/a>, wind<\/a>, rain<\/a>, tides<\/a>, waves<\/a>, and geothermal heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas: electricity generation<\/a>, air<\/a> and water heating<\/a>\/cooling<\/a>, transportation<\/a>, and rural (off-grid)<\/a> energy services.<\/p>\n

Globally, there are an estimated 7.7 million jobs associated with the renewable energy industries, with solar photovoltaics<\/a> being the largest renewable employer.<\/p>\n

Renewable energy systems are rapidly becoming more efficient and cheaper and their share of total energy consumption is increasing.<\/p>\n

As of 2019 worldwide, more than two-thirds of all new electricity capacity installed was renewable.<\/p>\n

That makes for a very hopeful future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The United States Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has a very optimistic view of their responsibility to ensure the viability of renewable energy.<\/p>\n

Their mission is to create and sustain American leadership in the transition to a global clean energy economy.<\/p>\n

Their vision is a strong and prosperous America powered by clean, affordable, and secure energy.<\/p>\n

They speak to that at energy.gov, \u201cOur nation has abundant solar, water, wind, and geothermal energy resources, and many U.S. companies are developing, manufacturing, and installing cutting-edge, high-tech renewable energy systems.<\/p>\n

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) leads a large network of researchers and other partners to deliver innovative technologies that will make renewable electricity generation cost competitive with traditional sources of energy. Working with our national laboratories and through these partnerships, we are catalyzing the transformation of the nation\u2019s energy system and building on a tradition of U.S. leadership in science and engineering as a cornerstone of our economic prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sounds very encouraging.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another governmental office is making major strides in promoting renewable energy and as it often does, it emanates in the Mayor\u2019s Office in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The goals are very ambitious.<\/p>\n

Monday, April 22, 2019<\/p>\n

Mayor London Breed Announces Plan to Power San Francisco's Downtown with 100 Percent Renewable Electricity<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Mayor London N. Breed today commemorated Earth Day by announcing a plan to transition private commercial buildings of 50,000 square feet and larger to 100 percent renewable electricity. Almost half of San Francisco\u2019s citywide emissions come from buildings, and half of those emissions come from the commercial sector. San Francisco has already reduced its greenhouse gas emissions 36 percent below 1990 levels.<\/p>\n

The new clean electricity requirement will be the first in the nation and will reduce emissions from the City\u2019s largest commercial buildings by an additional 21 percent to accelerate San Francisco\u2019s drive towards 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. Joining Mayor Breed for this announcement were representatives from the Sierra Club and local environmental organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Francisco has always been a national leader when it comes to sustainability, but we know that the reality of climate change requires us to go further,\u201d said Mayor Breed. \u201cTransitioning our large buildings to 100 percent renewable energy is an important step to continuing the progress we have made with CleanPowerSF towards making San Francisco an even more sustainable city.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plan calls for the City\u2019s largest commercial buildings to procure 100 percent renewable electricity from any of the City\u2019s electricity providers by 2022. Then, starting in 2024, additional buildings would be subject to the requirement, eventually encompassing all commercial buildings 50,000 square feet or larger. The requirement is currently phased-in chronologically to ensure adequate renewable electricity is available for procurement:<\/p>\n