Overdue on Checking Out Renewables
Tennessee could be doing a lot better job tapping the renewable resources in the state, says the “Renewable Energy in the South” policy brief released July 27 by the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, which is based on findings from Duke and Georgia Tech researchers. The report compared our state’s current consumption of renewable electric power to the renewable power we could potentially produce, and came up with these figures:
Tennessee Electric Power Consumption of Renewables as of 2008 (Trillion Btu)
Total electricity: 911
Renewable share: 6.2%
Renewable power: 56
Hydro: 56
Wind: 1
Tennessee Renewable Resource Potential
Hydro: 660
Wind: 62 (km2 of developable land)
Biomass, wood and waste (thousands tons/year): 6,440
Methane from waste (thousands tons/year) 300
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