Austria's Largest State Becomes 100% Renewable
November 11, 2015http://phys.org/news/2015-11-austria-largest-state-renewable.html#jCp
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Austria's largest state, Lower Austria, recently announced that 100% of its electricity is now generated using renewable sources of energy.
"We have invested heavily to boost energy efficiency and to expand renewables," said Erwin Proell, premier of Lower Austria. "Since 2002, we have invested 2.8 billion euros ($3.0 billion) in eco-electricity, from solar parks to renewing (hydroelectric) stations on the Danube."
The state now gets 63% of its electricity from hydroelectric power, 26% from wind energy, 9% from biomass and 2% from solar. Austria as a whole gets 75% of its electricity from renewable sources. Lower Austria has also created 38,000 "green jobs", which they aim to increase by 2030.
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