In the United States, about 10 billion kiloWattHours are produced and distributed per year. That's about enough for 1 million standard US households.
The Danes plan to have 2.5 times this number of households provided for by 2030. I would imagine the US could match them in number of homes covered in the same time period. The fact that this represents 50% of their total needs is something very ambitious indeed!
In order for the US to match the Danish goal, approximately 250 billion kilowatt hours would have to be produced for half the 100 million (approximate) US homes occupied today.
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In the United States, about 10 billion kiloWattHours are produced and distributed per year. That's about enough for 1 million standard US households.
The Danes plan to have 2.5 times this number of households provided for by 2030. I would imagine the US could match them in number of homes covered in the same time period. The fact that this represents 50% of their total needs is something very ambitious indeed!
In order for the US to match the Danish goal, approximately 250 billion kilowatt hours would have to be produced for half the 100 million (approximate) US homes occupied today.
-gnuDaruma
I really believe this is a great idea.
I would love to see big, important, public projects utilizing open source.