Las Vegas now powers all government facilities with renewable energy, including a large solar array and hydroelectric turbines. The city’s casinos are also installing solar panels. Burlington, Vermont and Aspen, Colorado have also achieved 100% renewable energy production.
What happens in Vegas shouldn’t always stay there. For example: In 2016, all government facilities in the city were powered entirely by renewable energy. The decade-long project culminated when a large solar array, called Boulder Solar 10, went online in December, allowing the city to purchase enough carbon-free electricity to power all of its 1 buildings, streetlights and other structures. The energy comes from a mix of solar panels and hydroelectric turbines, including those at the Hoover Dam. The cost savings are expected to be about $140 million dollars annually, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Power to the people:
The city’s many casinos, including Wynn, MGM and Sands, are now stepping up efforts to install acres of solar panels on their rooftops.
The first major US city to turn its entire energy footprint to renewables was Burlington, Vermont, which began powering all of its homes and businesses with hydroelectric, wind, solar and wood chip incineration in 2014.
In 2015, Aspen, Colorado achieved 100 percent renewable energy production by relying on a blend of hydroelectric, wind, and landfill gas power.
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