By 2025 the Department of Energy wants 25 percent of America’s electricity to come from renewables. It sounds like a pipe dream, until you consider that between 2009 and 2014 the amount of renewable power traveling the lines of our grid has more than doubled. And this federal goal is actually rather lightweight when compared to certain state efforts. Maine is aiming for 40 percent by 2017, California for 50 percent by 2030—and these numbers don’t even include the electricity made from rooftop solar systems. Vermont, ever the tiny optimist, has a goal of 75 percent by 2032. Hawaii is aiming for
...more
