What are the best choices in new transmission technologies and how can infrastructure improvements cost effectively meet New Jersey’s growing energy needs?
New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s Barbara Blumenthal Spoke on NJ Spotlight’s Roundtable “New Jersey’s Energy Future: Renewable Energy”
At this NJ Spotlight Roundtable, experts, advocates, and officials tackled the two essential questions facing the state’s renewable-energy future — timeframe and cost.
Renewables Are Growing!
Renewable energy is already taking hold in many parts of the country — including Texas, South Dakota, Iowa, North Carolina, and New Hampshire. New Jersey, however, has fallen from number three to number six in solar installations as other states have moved ahead more rapidly. According to energy experts, New Jersey has great potential to… New Jersey’s support for clean energy is reflected in a poll (see Energy Survey) of more than 700 registered bipartisan voters in the state: Given a choice of two opposing statements, nearly two-thirds (61%) believe pipelines threaten New Jersey and only one-third (32%) believe they help, virtually unchanged from the last study. 71% say it… Experts agree: clean energy policy is smart economic policy! Research by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that adopting a national policy to achieve a 25% renewable energy standard by 2025 would create more than three times as many jobs as producing an equivalent amount of electricity from fossil fuels. Achieving this goal by…
New Jerseyans Support More Renewables
Jobs and Economic Benefits