US Virgin Islands Launches 15-Year Energy Initiative to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use 60%

USVI, NREL Partner to Reduce Fossil FuelS 60% by 2025

US Virgin Islands Launches 15-Year Energy Initiative to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use 60%

Targeting new, emerging technologies in locations and environments where they can make the greatest impact makes a lot of sense, and when it comes to renewable energy, island communities, cities and states fit the bill. A clean, renewable energy movement is afoot in Hawai’i, where proponents are laying out a path to a 100% renewable energy future. A similar initiative is underway in the US Virgin Islands . Like Hawai’i, the USVI – at great and increasing costs – depends on oil imports to produce most of its electricity, nearly 100% of it in the case of the USVI. As a result, the Caribbean island territory’s 110,000 residents pay some $0.47 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity – some 4-5x more than consumers in the continental US. USVI residents also depend on foreign oil to produce freshwater via seawater desalination. USVI Governor John P. de Jongh Jr. and his administ...

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