08 Jun '12, 2pm

Standing Firm on Clean Energy in the Political 'Silly Season'

Standing Firm on Clean Energy in the Political 'Silly Season'

Six states, twice as many as last year, now generate more than 10 percent of their utility-scale electricity from wind, solar, and/or geothermal. Topping the list for percent of in-state, utility-scale generation from renewables in 2011 were South Dakota (22.3 percent), Iowa (18.8 percent), and North Dakota (14.7 percent). The number of registered hybrid cars in the U.S. grew to nearly 2 million while all-electric vehicles neared the 50,000 registered-vehicle milestone. California had nearly half a million hybrids and more than 22,000 pure EVs registered at the end of 2011. The 29 states with renewable portfolio standards, along with Washington, D.C., account for nearly two-thirds of the nation’s total generating capacity. California’s clean-energy venture capital dollars in 2011 — more than $3.7 billion — exceeded the total of all the other 49 states combined. Clean-energ...

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