Hauslohner, Abigail (August 12, 2015) Wind energy is flowing into D.C., but don’t expect your bill to decrease: Washington Post. Retrieved August 23, 2015 from, http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/wind-energy-is-flowing-into-dc–but-dont-expect-a-drop-in-your-bill/2015/08/12/97b02a28-411a-11e5-8e7d-9c033e6745d8_story.html
In Washington D.C. the city is now receiving enough energy from wind power to make up ⅓ of the local governments energy needs. D.C. has a deal with Iberdrola Renewables (a spanish energy company) the deal means that they supply the city with 125,000 megawatt hours of electricity every year. This plan is supposed to save the government $45 million on energy over the next 20 years, but this energy is only being supplied to government, not residential or business buildings. However the D.C. mayor, Muriel E. Bowser, says that it will reduce the carbon footprint of D.C., by approximately 100,000 tons of carbon pollution.
This is extremely important to environmental science, because it is greatly reducing the carbon footprint of a major and extremely important U.S. city. This could cause to other cities following in D.C.’s footsteps and continuing to reduce the U.S.’s carbon footprint.
Yes, I think you bring up a good point about this. Washington, D.C. is (debatably) the most important U.S. city (in terms of where the power of the U.S. is centered), and the U.S. is debatably the most important nation in the world. Since Washington, D.C. seems to be leading the charge with wind energy, hopefully cities across the U.S. and around the world will follow suit.
This is awesome! I hope it extends to residents asap. This would save the US so much money.