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According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts is ahead of the planned yearly increases in available renewable energy for the state’s utilities, rising to more than 3% green. The plan is for this 1% increase to continue until 2020, when 15% should be coming from renewable sources.
The state has a renewable energy ‘trust’ that utilities must pay into if they fail to meet their assigned goals, with one third paying in 2007. And although 3% isn’t that much yet, the 15% will be a substantial reduction in fossil-based generation. That, of course, still leaves 85% to come from traditional sources, which still begs the question of whether energy independence will occur in our lifetimes, and if so, what will be the source of that other 85%?
The Globe article can be found here.