North America

Lancaster, California, USA

Lancaster, California, USA

  • Target: Net zero city for electricity use by 2020
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Solar energy
  • Implementation: In 2008, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris initiated the net zero city campaign by launching the “Solar Lancaster” program, an innovative public-private partnership with solar firm ...
Glen Lake, Leelanau County, Michigan, USA

Leelanau Township, Michigan, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable energy for electricity, heating and transportation
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Windpower, solar energy and geothermal.
  • Implementation: Leelenau Township is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, and  is well known for its cherry industry and for summer ...
Wynkoop Stone House, Stone Ridge, Marbletown, New York, USA

Marbletown, New York, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable energy
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Hydropower, solar energy, biomass energy and heat pumps.
  • Implementation: Marbletown is located in New York's Hudson River Valley, positioned on the edges of the Catskills and Shawangunk Mountains. To achieve its energy target, Marbletown ...
Stinson Beach, Marin County, California, USA

Marin County, California, USA

  • Target: Powered by 33% renewable electricity sources by 2015 and 100% by 2020.
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Solar, wind, biogas, large hydro, and state system power.
  • Implementation: In 2010, Marin Clean Energy (MCE) launched California’s first Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) ...
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable electricity for city operations by 2022, community wide by 2030
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Wind and solar power
  • Implementation: In April 2018, Minneapolis became the largest city in the United State's Midwest to commit to 100% clean and ...
Moab, Utah, USA

Moab, Utah, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable electricity supply by 2032
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Solar energy
  • Implementation: Moab is a town surrounded by National Parks in the US western state of Utah. In February 2017, the City Council voted on a resolution to commit ...
Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Norman, Oklahoma, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable energy by 2050
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Solar power
  • Implementation: Largely rural, the city of Norman is home to the University of Oklahoma, the state’s largest university. Since 2018, Norman had worked towards replacing its oil and ...
Orlando, Florida, USA

Orlando, Florida, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable electricity in city operations by 2030, community-wide by 2050
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Solar PV
  • Implementation: In August 2017, Orlando’s City Council unanimously passed the resolution to transition to 100% clean energy target. It was led by Mayor ...
Oxford County, Ontario, Canada

Oxford County, Ontario, Canada

  • Target: 100% renewable energy by 2050
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Microgrid, solar thermal facility, electric vehicle charging stations, and a farm biogas project.
  • Implementation: Oxford County comprises 2 towns, 5 townships, and 1 city. It is located along highly accessible transportation routes ...
Park City, Utah, USA

Park City, Utah, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable electricity for city operations by 2022, and for the whole community by 2032.
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: Solar energy
  • Implementation: Park City is a small town located in the Rocky Mountains of Utah, and is renowned for its ski resorts ...
Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable energy in electricity, heating/cooling, and transportation sectors community wide by 2031
  • Status: In progress
  • RES: To be planned.
  • Implementation: Rochester is a small city located near the southeast corner of the state of Minnesota in the midwestern United ...
Rock Port, Missouri, USA

Rockport, Missouri, USA

  • Target: 100% renewable energy
  • Status: Achieved
  • RES: Wind energy
  • Implementation: Rock Port Missouri announced itself as the first 100% wind powered community in the United States. Four wind turbines supplies all of its electricity. The turbines are located on agricultural lands ...