In 2015, Hawaii was the first US state to proclaim a 100 percent renewable energy target. Since then, 14 other states, over 110 cities, and at least 20 utilities have followed suit to set 100 percent clean or renewable energy goals. These and other jurisdictions can learn from Hawaii’s relentless pursuit of innovation as they develop strategies to make their own energy targets a reality.
A timely report from Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Powering Paradise: How Hawaii Is Leaving Fossil Fuels and Forging a Path to a 100 Percent Clean Energy Economy, provides a comprehensive review of Hawaii’s clean energy journey, exploring the various elements which have come together to make this possible.
Hawaii’s leadership is in part due to simple economics. The state’s heavy relia
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