The Geography of Green Power

Eric OShaughnessy; Jenny Heeter; Christina Volpi; Christina Volpi

The Geography of Green Power

Eric OShaughnessy, Jenny Heeter, Christina Volpi, Christina Volpi

Strategic Energy Analysis Center

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Abstract

Green power refers to the voluntary purchase of renewable electricity by retail electricity customers. Green power is unlike compliance-based renewable energy procurement imposed by law or regulation. In 2016, over six million customers procured about 95 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of green power in the United States, which represents about 28% of all U.S. renewable energy sales, excluding large hydropower. In this fact sheet, we use available data to illustrate the geography of green power demand (in terms of number of customers) and supply (in terms of MWh of generation) by state.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 2017

NREL Publication Number

NREL/FS-6A20-70199

Keywords

electricity
green power
megawatt-hours
renewable energy
state
USA

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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The Geography of Green Power

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