{"id":59463,"date":"2015-06-15T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=59463"},"modified":"2015-06-11T21:21:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T20:21:29","slug":"hawaii-enacts-usas-first-100-renewable-energy-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/06\/hawaii-enacts-usas-first-100-renewable-energy-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Enacts USA\u2019s First 100% Renewable Energy Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>11 Jun 2015 &#8211; <\/em>Hawaii enacted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/session2015\/bills\/HB623_CD1_.HTM\" >a law<\/a>\u00a0this week, which mandates that all of the state\u2019s electricity come from renewable sources no later than 2045. The bill\u00a0makes Hawaii the first U.S. state to adopt such a standard. This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/business\/renewables\/\" >renewable energy<\/a> standard is being hailed as \u201cthe <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/29269793\/gov-ige-signs-bill-setting-100-percent-renewable-energy-goal-for-state?source=socnet_tw_CC_20150610_bo_switch-to-clean_Hawaii_3&amp;utm_medium=socnet&amp;utm_source=tw&amp;utm_content=20150610_bo_switch-to-clean_Hawaii_3&amp;awesm=ofa.bo_r7hi&amp;utm_campaign=socnet_tw_CC_20150610_bo_switch-to-clean_Hawaii_3\" >most aggressive clean energy goal<\/a> in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hawaii just set a goal of generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable resources: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/CMcQu38tqg\" >http:\/\/t.co\/CMcQu38tqg<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwitchToClean?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#SwitchToClean<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/608750713322086400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >June 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHawaii\u00a0is making history, not only for the islands, but for the planet,\u201d said\u00a0Jeff Mikulina, executive director of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blueplanetfoundation.org\/\" >Blue Planet Foundation<\/a>. \u201cWe are making a promise to future generations that their lives will be powered not by climate-changing fossil fuel, but by clean, local and sustainable sources of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59464\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hawaii-solar-energy-renewable.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59464\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hawaii-solar-energy-renewable.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaii adopts nation\u2019s first 100% renewable energy requirement after a Blue Planet Foundation-led campaign. Photo credit: Blue Planet Foundation\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hawaii-solar-energy-renewable.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hawaii-solar-energy-renewable-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawaii adopts nation\u2019s first 100% renewable energy requirement after a Blue Planet Foundation-led campaign. Photo credit: Blue Planet Foundation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The legislation was drafted by Blue Planet Foundation, whose mission is \u201cto clear the path for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2014\/09\/24\/renewable-energy-mark-ruffalo\/\" >100 percent clean energy<\/a>.\u201d Many believe Hawaii can\u00a0reach the goal well before 2045 because <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2015\/03\/11\/hawaii-go-100-percent-renewable\/\" >the islands are already a renewable energy leader<\/a>. \u201cAnalyses from the utility and elsewhere show that 100 percent renewable energy can be achieved even earlier than 2045, by 2030,\u201d says Blue Planet Foundation. \u201cHawaii\u2019s\u00a0renewable energy use has doubled in the past five years, with the islands currently generating about 22 percent of their electricity from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?s=wind\" >wind<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?s=solar\" >solar<\/a>, geothermal and other renewable energy resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59465\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NEWhawaiirenewable-energy-solar.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59465\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NEWhawaiirenewable-energy-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaii\u2019s renewable energy use has doubled in the past five years. Photo credit: Blue Planet Foundation\" width=\"650\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NEWhawaiirenewable-energy-solar.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NEWhawaiirenewable-energy-solar-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawaii\u2019s renewable energy use has doubled in the past five years. Photo credit: Blue Planet Foundation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To make sure the Aloha\u00a0state stays on track to meet its requirement, the bill has an interim requirement of\u00a0at least 30 percent renewable electricity by 2020 and 70 percent by 2040. If Hawaii utilities fail to reach that target, it could cost them two cents for each kilowatt hour of excess fossil fuel electricity, according to\u00a0Blue Planet Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week we put an expiration date on fossil fuel use,\u201d said\u00a0Henk Rogers, president of Blue Planet Foundation. \u201cHawaii\u00a0is sending a signal to the world that 100 percent renewable energy isn\u2019t just a vision, it\u2019s a commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2015\/06\/11\/hawaii-renewable-energy-standard\/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&amp;utm_campaign=342da4c70c-Top_News_6_11_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-342da4c70c-85881545\" >Go to Original \u2013 ecowatch.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 Jun 2015 &#8211; Hawaii enacted a law this week, which mandates that all of the state\u2019s electricity come from renewable sources no later than 2045. This renewable energy standard is being hailed as \u201cthe most aggressive clean energy goal in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}