Aspen’s Just The Third U.S. City To Run 100 Percent On Renewables

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By Colorado Public Radio Staff
· Sep. 8, 2015, 10:55 pm

Aspen is now the third U.S. city running 100 percent on renewable energy. Only Burlington, Vermont, and Greensburg, Kansas, have also managed a complete switch. The Aspen Times reports the mountain community is now powered by hydro, wind, geothermal and burning gas from landfills. Signing a contract with a wholesale energy provider in Nebraska was the final step for the city to become free of fossil fuels.

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