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William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

2012

Sustainable Urban Development

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An Integrated Green Urban Electrical Grid, Deborah Behles May 2012

An Integrated Green Urban Electrical Grid, Deborah Behles

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Relying on only renewable resources for generating electricity once seemed like a dream. Yet, an island in Denmark is now achieving that dream by generating all the electricity it needs with renewable resources. Other communities throughout the world now want to achieve this same milestone. To critics, these goals are not attainable due to the intermittent nature of the primary renewable resources, wind and solar power, which many of these communities plan to rely on. But, several studies have confirmed that it can be done, and plans are already underway to switch communities to one hundred percent renewable energy in …