![]() So another 50,000 homes in Northern CA powered by a Wind Farm in the State of New Mexico. Onshore wind generation is about 15% to 30% efficient – so best case for a 225MW rated plant is 67MW generated. The rule of thumb for typical fossil fuel plant is 1MW can support 750 homes (this drops for wind & solar due to intermittent generation) – so Kern plant supports maybe 11,000 homes.Ī wind farm in New Mexico? What is the footprint vs power generation? A lot of concrete and associated cabling goes into Wind Farms. Solar generation plants are about 20% efficient – so really about 12-15MW of useful output per day. Kern county is in SOCAL – how much land does the 62MW rated power plant use? What is the efficiency factor for this plant vs footprint (land vs infrastructure – concrete, solar cells, transmission cables and associated electrical components)? San Jose population was around 1.01 million in 2020. Or do we just take the “smoke & mirrors” claims put forth by the City of San Jose as some major achievement?ģ50,000 homes – what percentage of the total housing stock in San Jose is this? So will a person that claims to be a journalist or reporter add some context to this “major accomplishment”? to have set a goal of carbon neutrality by 2030 and is making strides toward reducing its citywide greenhouse gas emissions. The progress on closing the disproportionate impact of the transportation sector on San José’s emissions aligns with the city’s carbon-neutral goal, city officials said. With 4% of all registered vehicles in the city being fully-electric or plug-in hybrids as of 2020, San José is the city with the third-highest adoption of electric vehicles in the nation with nearly 75,000 electric vehicles on the road nationwide. In light of this, San José remains the city with the single highest number of electric vehicle chargers, at a rate three times the national average.Īcross San José, 97%, or 1,647 chargers, are public and 52, or 3%, are private-facing chargers. This builds on a 225 MW wind farm in New Mexico produced from 117 wind turbines that deliver enough clean electricity to power 186,000 San José homes.Īs of Spring 2022, private automobiles and transportation-related carbon emissions account for more than 50% of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. to 10pm for San José homes and businesses for the next 12 years. In February 2022, Liccardo announced the completion of a new 62 megawatt (MW) solar generation and energy storage facility in Kern County that is delivering clean, pollution-free electricity daily from 6am. To date, Clean Energy has invested more than $1 billion to add new solar, wind, and battery storage to the grid at cost-effective prices for customers. “Our clean electricity is electrifying transportation, homes, and businesses and will improve the health of our community and planet.” ![]() “San José Clean Energy is proud to play this foundational role on San José’s path to a carbon-neutral, clean energy future,”said Lori Mitchell, Director of the Community Energy Department, which operates the utility. In November 2021, the city council pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 ![]() Increasing the amount of renewable and carbon-free energy powering San José is a key component of Climate Smart San José, the city’s climate action plan. ![]() “SJCE’s clean power mix is just one of the bold actions we are taking to create a sustainable future for generations to come.” “San José continues to lead the nation through innovative solutions in our fight against climate change,” said Liccardo in a statement. Renewable sources like solar and wind comprise 60% of Clean Energy’s power mix, up from 45% in 2019. ![]() San Jose Clean Energy, the community choice energy provider for 350,000 homes and businesses in San José, has achieved a 95% carbon-free electricity mix of solar, wind and hydroelectric power, and is the cleanest electricity mix out of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. San José Mayor Sam Liccardo and San José Clean Energy on Thursday announced a major accomplishment in San José’s efforts to combat the effects of climate change. ![]()
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