Environment Florida joined other states in the southeast to look at how renewable energy is growing in the region and what policies could help build on the momentum.
A new report and updated dashboard from Environment Florida Research and Policy Center on renewable energy generation across the country shows that Florida is a national leader in parts of the clean energy sector. Wednesday in a webinar hosted by Environment Florida and its sister chapters, Environment Georgia, Environment North Carolina and Environment Virginia, advocate Mia McCormick shared the latest on Florida’s rise in solar energy, battery storage and electric vehicle registrations. Some of the other southeast states highlighted great strides in state policy that will encourage and grow the clean energy sector, but Florida has been slow to adopt similar laws.
“What we may lack in energy policy, we make up for with public engagement!” McCormick said to open her portion of the webinar.
Florida is third in the nation in solar energy generation, second in electric vehicle registrations and third in charging port installations. These three sectors of renewable energy continue to grow in the sunshine state, showing that the people of Florida are empowered by powering their homes from their own roofs and leaving long gas lines behind. McCormick highlighted stories of storm resiliency during the recent hurricane season, thanks to renewable energy, and interviewed Javier Guerrero, President of the Tampa Bay EV club about what he thinks could turn more car buyers into EV owners.
See the full one hour webinar with renewable energy summaries from each of the southeastern states below.
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