Renewable Energy

The use of renewable energy is a world trend. This ideal has also been adapted by many people in North America. Now, renewable energy accounts for 10.4 % of the domestically-produced electricity used in US. Although hydroelectricity is the largest producer of renewable power in the United States, more and more wind mills, solar thermal power stations and biogas plants are built in this country. Some states, like Texas, Iowa and California are leading the way in wind power development. In Florida, the largest photovoltaic power plant in North America is built. And in Arizona, where there is sunshine almost every day during the year, there are ambitious plans for the use of solar energy.

It is predicted that wind power could generate 20% of US electricity by 2030. Also, the US Congress is going to set a renewable energy standard (RES) which requires 25% of electricity comes from renewable energy by 2025. With the new standard, 274,000 new jobs will be created in the United States.

President Obama already called for doubling renewable energy within the next three years. The development of renewable energy and energy efficiency marks "a new era of energy exploration" in the United States, according to President Barack Obama in a joint address to the Congress on February 24, 2009.