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"Today, I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean, carbon-free sources within 10 years." -- Al Gore, July 17, 2008

Shortcut URL: TenYearEnergyPlan.com

Collection of technology resources relating to the challenge that Al Gore gave on July 17, 2008 to the United States of America to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources within ten years.

PES Network, Inc. and the New Energy Congress (NEC) are involved in preparing a 10-Year Plan to show how such a thing could be accomplished.

This page will index our documentation as it is made ready.

On Sept. 3, 2008, the NEC sent a proposal to WeCanSolveIt.org to receive funding to identify the most plausible technologies that can enable the U.S. to achieve the objective of 100% renewable electricity within 10 years.

Proposal Excerpt: "Currently, on the WeCanSolveIt.org website, there is no presentation of a plan elaborating what technologies could be put to use to meet the 10-year objective. The NEC can be of assistance in this regard, being uniquely suited to present such a proposal. No other organization has a mission to review the most promising renewable energy technologies worldwide and to rank them in a publicly accessible listing. Composing first an overview (Phase I), followed by a detailed plan (Phase II), with continuous updating throughout the implementation of the plan (Phase III) to accomplish the 10-year objective in the United States is well within the ability of the Congress."

1 PES/NEC Articles and Resources
2 Technologies
3 Video
- 3.1 Al Gore's July 17, 2008 Challenge to Repower America
4 Official Sites
- 4.1 TV AD: Give us 100% Clean Energy Within 10 Years
5 Other Coverage
6 Other Plans
7 Similar Initiatives Internationally
8 See also

PES/NEC Articles and Resources

NEC Says Gore's Ten-Year Renewable Energy Plan is Achievable - The New Energy Congress is taking up the challenge to show how it will be possible to achieve the goal of 100% of U.S. energy coming from renewable energy sources within ten years. (PESWiki; July 25, 2008)

Technologies

Top 100 Energy Technologies - A prioritized listing by the New Energy Congress of the leading energy technologies according to ten criteria including: renewable, environmentally safe, affordable, feasible, credible, reliable, developed, safe, etc.

Top 100: Geothermal > Raser >
Raser is Rapidly Deploying Cost-Effective Geothermal Power - Raser could cost-effectively deploy their technology to harness enough geothermal energy to provide 10% or more of the U.S. electrical demand. This same technology by Raser can be used to harvest waste heat from power plants, whether nuclear, natural gas, coal, or even solar. The left-over, low-grade heat will work just fine to drive the United Technologies Corporation generators manufactured for Raser. This otherwise unused source of energy could probably answer for yet another five percent of the U.S. energy portfolio. (PESN; Sept. 4, 2008)

"Biomass derived coal, off-shore wind, ocean energy (wave, current, tidal), Integrated Solar, Combined Cycle Biomass Gasification, high efficiency power distribution, waste heat recovery, Silicon PV, Run-Of-River Turbines. Poplar wood can produce 2000 gallons of fuel per acre. Aquatic energy does this with algae today. If we converted the 45 million acres of biofuel crops to algae and poplar we would not need foreign oil." -- Daniel Bowers (Sept. 9, 2008)

Video

Al Gore's July 17, 2008 Challenge to Repower America

5.51 Minutes. 100 Percent Renewable Power
Watch Al Gore's challenge to repower America. Learn more and take action at We can solve it. (YouTube; July 2008)

Official Sites

http://www.wecansolveit.org - is a division of http://www.climateprotect.org/
- Solutions

http://www.generationim.com/ - Al Gore serves as Chairman of this firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing.
- Generation Investment Management and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Create International Alliance to Accelerate Global Climate Solutions; Al Gore Joins KPCB as Partner and John Doerr Joins Generation's Advisory Board (pdf) - KPCB and Generation announced a global collaboration to find, fund and accelerate green business, technology and policy solutions with the greatest potential to help solve the current climate crisis. (12 November 2007)

http://www.kpcb.com - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is leading the venture community to invest in and accelerate Green technology solutions and policy innovations. "In search of the next big idea."
- Team Member: Al Gore

TV AD: Give us 100% Clean Energy Within 10 Years

(1 minute)

"We must save our economy, lower fuel costs, free ourselves from our addiction to oil, and solve the climate crisis. To do this, we must demand that we Repower America with 100% clean electricity within 10 years." (YouTube; August 15, 2008)

Other Coverage

Gore Shoots For Not One, But Ten Moons - Al Gore's widely publicised plan to move America to 100% renewable power in ten years is one of the boldest ploys by a politician - or quasi politician - in years. Even normally hostile commentators have taken the idea fairly seriously, which shows that the world has moved a long way in a few years or even just a few months. There is no denying that moving from a largely fossil-fuel based electricity generating system to all renewables is an astoundingly difficult physical and political task. In fact 90% of all US power comes from coal, natural gas, and oil (in that order). (Post Carbon Institute; July 22, 2008)
A Response to Gore's Call for 100 Percent Renewable Power - Post Carbon Institute thanks Al Gore for so clearly and persuasively articulating the most urgent action needed to safeguard America’s future, and that of the entire world in his speech on July 17, 2008. As the name of our organization indicates, we believe that our highest collective priority must be to get off fossil fuels fast. (Post Carbon Institute; July 22, 2008)

10 Steps in 10 Years to 100 Percent Renewable Power 1. Reduce, 2. Share, 3. Diversify, 4. Distribute, 5. Store, 6. Reinvest, 7. Relocalize, 8. Reengineer, 9. Reskill, 10. Remobilize. (Post Carbon Institute; July 23, 2008)

Gore wants U.S. electricity grid to run on renewable energy by 2018 - Military-intelligence studies warning of "dangerous national security implications" tied to climate change, including the possibility of "hundreds of millions of climate refugees" causing instability around the world, and Al Gore said the United States is dangerously vulnerable because of its reliance on foreign oil. (International Herald Tribune; July 17, 2008)

Other Plans

Featured: Directory:Ten-Year Renewable Energy Plan >
Recovery Act Ramifications for Clean Energy - The New Apollo Program, our comprehensive national strategy for building a clean energy, good jobs economy, Make It In America: the Apollo Green Manufacturing Action Plan (GreenMAP) calls for federal investment in the domestic manufacture of clean energy equipment and components, and in making manufacturing plants more energy efficient overall." (PESWiki; March 9, 2009)

Obama Energy Advice - An ongoing series of cogent comments, advice and recommendations relating to President Obama's administration energy policy. (OilDrum; Jan. 12, 2009)

Alaska Energy: A First Step Toward Energy Independence - The Alaska Energy Authority has released a comprehensive guide that calls for obtaining half of the state's electricity from renewable resources by 2025. It also identifies and prioritizes energy projects, puts into place legal and government structures needed to allow them to move forward and identifies potential funding sources. (Alaska Energy Authority; Jan. 2009)

Solar:Largest >
World’s Most Ambitious Solar Plan in LA - The city of Los Angles, CA is taking up the world’s most ambitious solar power project, Solar LA (26-page PDF). This project will be the largest solar power plan started by any city in the world. They are planning to install 1.3 Giga Watts (GW) of solar power and register their city’s name in the book of green economy. (Alternative Energy; Dec. 19, 2008)

Geothermal >
Onshore Energy Security Program - The Onshore Energy Security Program (OESP), implemented by the Australian Government as part of a broader package of energy initiatives in 2006, is a five-year program designed to deliver reliable, precompetitive geoscience data and scientifically based assessments of the potential for onshore energy resources, including oil, gas, hot rocks (geothermal energy), uranium and thorium. 5-year plan 21-page PDF (Geoscience Australia; Dec. 1, 2008)

Wind >
Wind Energy Multiyear Program Plan For 2007 - 2012 - The Wind Energy Program is one element of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind and Hydropower Technology Program (WHTP) under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). EERE leads the Federal government’s research, development, and deployment efforts in energy efficiency and renewable energy. 115-page PDF. 2.2 MB. (PDAFku.com; Nov. 29, 2008)

Electrical Grid >
California To Become The Electric Vehicle Capital of the US - A 9-step policy plan was unveiled for transforming the Bay Area into the "Electric Vehicle (EV) Capital of the U.S." In conjunction with the news, Better Place, a global electric transportation company, announced that it would enter the U.S. market with California as its first state, beginning in the Bay Area. Video (Inhabitat; Nov. 25, 2008)

The Manhattan Project of 2009 - The plan needed to deal with the oil crisis is not for the faint of heart. But, if devised with skill and executed with determination, it can lead us into a new world of affordable energy, national security, and a stable environment. (Jeff Wilson; Nov. 22, 2008)

Kentucky Governor Unveils Comprehensive Energy Plan - Unveiling his ~150-page plan, titled “Intelligent Energy Choices for Kentucky’s Future”, Gov. Beshear proposes how his state can take a leading role in energy technology and production, helping the US move toward greater energy self-reliance. (Kentucky Post; Nov. 20, 2008)

Hawaii Takes Bold Renewable Energy Initiatives - "This is a detailed plan to implement the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative with sweeping changes that are needed to reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuel and to achieve a more secure energy and economic future," said Governor Lingle. "I feel strongly that the state and our major utility can and must continue finding common ground in moving forward and taking decisive and bold steps toward an energy-independent Hawaii." (Renewable Energy World; Nov. 10, 2008)

Featured: U.S. Government and Energy >
Barack Obama's Stance and Policies on Renewable Energy - Lists the items in the Comprehensive Energy Plan as proposed by the President-Elect with attention to both short term and long term objectives. (PESWiki; Nov. 6, 2008)

Power of the World Foundation - Andrew Duggan's plan to promote global prosperity through renewable energy. (YouTube)

Clean Energy 2030 Initiative by Google - The energy team at Google has been crunching the numbers to see how we could greatly reduce fossil fuel use by 2030, suggesting a potential path to weaning the U.S. off of coal and oil for electricity generation by 2030 (with some remaining use of natural gas as well as nuclear), and cutting oil use for cars by 40%. (PESWiki; Oct. 2, 2008)

Pickens Plan - The economic benefits of wind power, and how it has helped revitalize the small town of Sweetwater, Texas.

Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road - Shai Agassi proposed a concept he called the "Electric Recharge Grid Operator" (EGO). Instead of gas stations on every corner, the ERGO would blanket a country with a network of "smart" charge spots. Drivers could plug in anywhere, anytime, and would subscribe to a specific plan—unlimited miles, a maximum number of miles each month, or pay as you go— all for less than the equivalent cost for gas. (Wired; Aug. 18, 2008)

Michael Hoexter's Renewable Elecron Economy - Michael Hoexter posts articles on how we can build an energy future based on our best science and no longer critically dependent upon exhaustible and polluting fossil fuels.
Paris Hilton Energy Policy Video - "Hybrid of Political Candidate's ideas."
G. Lamar Wilkie Energy Plan - If you were king for a day, how would YOU solve the energy crisis?

John Stephen Releases Plan For American Energy Independence - IndependenceCandidate Offers 9-Point Plan To Boost Energy Production, Cut Cost Of Oil And Gas (PoliticerNH; July 29, 2008)

Similar Initiatives Internationally

African Renewable Energy Gains Attention - Sub-Saharan Africa could provide more than 170 gigawatts of additional power-generation capacity -- more than double the region's current installations -- through 3,200 "low-carbon" energy projects, such as combined heat-and-power, biofuels production, mass transportation, and energy efficiency, according to a World Bank report. (WorldWatch Institute; Sept. 10, 2008)