A Seattle-Times analysis of whether Clean Energy Initiative 937 (I-937) can bring forth the benefits it envisages. Here is the article
Salient points:
1. There might not be enough power available from renewable resources to meet the initiative's requirement that large utilities get 15 percent of their power from clean energy by 2020.
2. Forcing power companies to produce more wind, solar and other types of clean power could cost more, and clean the air less, than I-937 supporters project.
3. I-937 supporters expect that wind power would provide the lion's share of the large increase in clean power required by the initiative.
4. In touting Amendment 37's success, I-937 backers said the customers of Xcel, a Colorado utility, "have already saved $14 million as a direct result" of investing in clean energy.
5. The cost of building wind farms has shot up 70 to 80 percent in recent months, in part because of increased costs for materials and strong demand for wind-power projects
6. Wind power today is comparable — but not necessarily cheaper — than other forms of energy
7. Power generated by wind farms varies depending on how hard the wind blows. Other sources of power are needed to fill in when the amount of electricity produced by wind farms falls off.
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