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When it comes to Texas, we think about oil, especially in Houston, the largest city. Houston is home to some of the world’s largest private energy companies, where life and death are at stake, but it is also the biggest buyer of renewable energy.
The city of Houston is committed to buying 100% renewable energy as part of a renewed partnership with natural energy companies. In the seven-year deal, the city expects community electricity bills to fall, saving $9.3 million a year.
“All they see in Houston is Chevron, shell and ExxonMobil, and they look a little bit beyond Houston, but when we start talking about renewable energy, something incredible is going on in Houston,” Mayor Silvestre Turner said
The new deal is just the latest in a series of initiatives to help cities move in a more environmentally friendly direction. In addition to the promise of renewable energy, the city has also built new bike lanes and encouraged the use of electric vehicles. Even actively seek Elon Musk to move Tesla and SpaceX to “spacecity”, hoping that this proposal can help other companies see the real face of Houston, not just the global capital of oil and gas business.
The strategy also aims to expand Houston’s investment in its own renewable resources, with the goal of providing Houston with 100% of renewable energy by 2025, rather than purchasing it. Houston is currently the largest renewable energy customer in the United States, according to the EPA.
“As a city, we have a long and strong history of sustainability,” explains Laura curtingham, Houston’s chief sustainability officer. From the perspective of sustainable development, we have been the largest user of urban renewable energy for some time. “