Roadmap 2050: A pathway to decarbonize the United States power grid / AMO

Aug 2010

By David Basulto — Filed under: Architecture News ,Sustainability ,Videos , AMO, energy, OMA, USA

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As we told you a few months ago, AMO (the think-tank inside OMA) played an important role on Roadmap 2050, an initiative by the European Climate Foundation which looks to chart a policy roadmap for the next 5-10 years based on the European leaders’ commitment to an 80-95% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050.

Based on this plan, AMO presents “Roadmap 2050: A pathway to decarbonize the United States power grid”. While ranked #1 based on the GDP, the US is ranked #61 in energy performance. As we see on the above video, an inefficient energy grid undermines any efforts to improve this, and local production of energy could be the answer.

This initiative is presented at the GE Ecoimagination Challenge, a $200 million call to action for businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators, and students to share their best ideas and come together to take on one of the world’s toughest challenges – building the next-generation power grid to meet the needs of the 21st century.

You can vote for this idea (and even discuss it with AMO on the comments), see others or even submit your own.

About David Basulto: Graduate Architect. Co Founder and Executive Editor of ArchDaily.com. Architecture geek.

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Basulto , David . "Roadmap 2050: A pathway to decarbonize the United States power grid / AMO" 18 Aug 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/73584>

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Daniela says:

It’s interesting to see local energy sources laid out so succinctly for a massive nation-wide redesign. It makes so much sense to make the most of indigenous power sources rather than expecting our dinosaur of a power grid to go the distance.

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