Best practices

Renewables

City	Case study
Austin, USA	Austin's renewable energy program reduces CO2 emissions by 370,257 tons a year
Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona's solar hot water ordinance
Copenhagen, Denmark	One of the largest off-shore wind farms in the world powers 150,000 Danish households
Nationwide, Germany	National promotion of renewables saved 45 million tCO2 in 2006
Los Angeles, USA	Green Energy for a Green LA provides a renewable energy option for consumers
Melbourne, Austraila	Southern hemisphere's largest solar project
Nevada, USA	Nevada's solar thermal plant powers 14,000 homes cutting 100,000 tCO2 annually
Oxford, UK	Oxford guides citizens to CO2 reductions
Reykjavik, Iceland	The world's largest geothermal heating system saves up to 4m tons CO2 annually
Rizhao, China	An extensive solar program in China
Serpa, Portugal	The world's largest PV solar power plant
Växjö, Sweden	Växjö is halfway to becoming fossil fuel free