Emission Free Cities
What are Emission-Free Cities?
Emission-free cities are attainable through the integration of continuous efficiency improvements in all energy, water and resource using devices, along with solar and wind power. Modest amounts of other renewables (water, geothermal, biowastes) will provide remaining sums to attain 100% emission-free energy system.
Emission-Free Cities: Case Studies
Efficiency
The past half-century has been witness to an explosion of knowledge generation, scientific breakthrough, technical advances, engineering progress, and accumulated evidence from applied innovations in markets and governance that offer promising prospects for addressing the seemingly intractable perils confronting humanity and the planet.
LIFECYCLE LEAST-COST-AND-RISK (LCR) DELIVERED UTILITY SERVICES
Among a dozen states leading the USA in efficiency gains, California has been the exemplary model. Since the 1980s, California has been a world leader in developing a utility regulatory process that aligns the financial interests of the utility with those of their customers to capture end-use efficiency opportunities.
Zeroing In on Zero-Emission Supply Options
In less than a decade, China has rapidly become the world’s biggest manufacturer of wind turbines and solar PV panels. The country established a feed-in tariff for wind in 2009 and for solar PV in 2011.
FEED-IN TARIFFS - FIT POLICY FOR DRIVING ZERO EMISSION OPTIONS
Feed-In Tariffs (FIT) are proving essential for spurring zero and near-zero emission power options — solar, wind, geothermal, biowastes, small-scale hydro.