Top 10 U.S. cities ranked by percentage of power from renewable resources
Jun. 26, 2007
1. Oakland, Calif. - 17 percent
2. Sacramento/San Francisco/San Jose, Calif. - 12 percent
3. Portland, Ore. - 10 percent
4. Boston - 8.6 percent
5. San Diego - 8 percent
6. Austin, Texas - 6 percent
7. Los Angeles - 5 percent
8. Minneapolis - 4.5 percent
9. Seattle - 3.5 percent
10. Chicago - 2.5 percent
Information courtesy of the SustainLane Web site: http://sustainlane.us/articles/city_renewable_energy.jsp
Does anyone know the percentage for Tulsa?
Oakland has so many wind mills in the east hills. An enormous amount. That is all.
How 'bout that, the company's headquartered in S.F.
looks like tulsa is 40th right behind Houston. OKC is 49th.
Hmmm, I thought a majority of the power grid in So. Cal. came from the Hoover Dam. The numbers for LA are a lot lower than I would have expected unless Hoover is not considered "small scale hydro" on their web page.
Huh, I thought with the 6 or so hydro dams that we have around Tulsa that it would be higher, but I guess that does not offest that much of the 2 coal plants and 4 or so gas plants.
Keystone
Grand
Hudson
Pump Back Station
Fort Gibson
Tenkiller
Webbers Falls
ect.
FAIK, the Oologah dam, which sits in the shadow of the gas/coal plant at Oologah has no power-generating capabilities. I've never understood why they wouldn't have had that capability when it was built. It's about the same vintage as Keystone, Ft. Gibson, and Hudson, I think.