Page 6 - North American Clean Energy November December 2015

editor's note
news bites

THIS IS THE SEASON FOR LOOKING BACK AT THE PAST YEAR, for giving thanks, and for setting
future goals. In our last issue of 2015, I would like to take a moment to relect on some of the

accomplishments recently made in and for the renewable energy industries.

• Pope Francis, following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, “he Green
Pope,” urged world leaders to substitute fossil fuels with renewable energy in his encyclical

Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home.

• he President of the United States and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the

Clean Power Plan to “establish inal emission guidelines for states to follow in developing plans
to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing fossil fuel-ired electric generating units
(EGUs). Speciically, the EPA is establishing: Carbon dioxide (CO) emission performance rates
2representing the best system of emission reduction (BSER) for two subcategories of existing Electric car sharing
service
fossil fuel- ired EGUs—fossil fuel-ired electric utility steam generating units and stationary
combustion turbines; state- speciic CO2 goals relecting the CO2 emission performance rates; Indianapolis residents and visitors can now vis
and guidelines for the development, submittal and implementation of state plans that establish make short point-to-point trips without Da
emission standards or other measures to implement the COemission performance rates, which spending a penny on gas. BlueIndy put
C.
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may be accomplished by meeting the state goals. his inal rule will continue progress already into service the irst 50 of an eventual 500 o by
underway in the U.S. to reduce CO2 emissions from the utility power sector.”*
electric vehicles that provide convenient, hot
cleaner transportation with the swipe of a P
• Twenty-nine states, Washington, D.C., and two territories have adopted a renewable portfolio standard (RPS), requiring increased membership card.

production of energy from renewable energy sources. Eight states and two territories have set renewable energy goals and large North his is the irst-of-its-kind electric car
American cities are committing to their own renewable energy goals.
sharing service in the U.S. by the Bolloŕ
Group of France, which already operates
• he general adoption of renewable energy sources is efectively lowering the capacity factor for fossil fuels since they produce free car sharing services in several other cities,

energy once the plant is built, while gas and coal plants require more fuel with more production. his is bringing about an ability for including the world’s largest EV sharing
renewables to directly compete economically with fossil fuels.
service: Autolib', in Paris.
he Bluecars run on Lithium Metal
Companies are growing, revenues are increasing, technologies are expanding, and awareness is skyrocketing, bringing renewable Polymer (LMP) batteries developed by

energy sources to the mainstream. According to Arthur Zevros, the chairman of REN21, “. the penetration and use of renewables are Bolloŕ and have a range of 120 miles
increasing, as is the combination of renewables and energy eiciency. However, the share of renewables in the overall energy mix is still between charges. hey create zero
under 20%.”**
emissions, and integrate innovative
technology to make their use convenient,

So we have some work to do. But with wind generation hitting an all-time high in Texas, new technologies creating renewable diesel safe, and simple.
biofuels nearly indistinguishable from comparable petroleum-based fuels, states like California with more than 5% of its annual utility- 125 parking spaces are equipped with
scale electricity coming from solar power, and energy storage being implemented into many new projects, we are well on our way to charge points. Reserved parking spots mean
reach or surpass the goals set for us.
no need to look for parking. As BlueIndy

builds out across the city, customers will
Have a happy and safe holiday season,
be able to take advantage of up to 1,000
Jill Walters
parking spaces in 200 BlueIndy stations
outitted with charging infrastructure

and easy-to-use customer kiosks. With
* read more about the Clean Power Plan at www2.epa.gov ** read more about REN21’s Renewables 2015 Global Status Report (GSR) at www.ren21.net
a membership card in hand, drivers will
simply swipe their card across the BlueIndy

car windshield. he car will automatically
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