Durham County
Blue Strike identified strategies that will help the County of Durham government operations achieve a 100% renewable energy goal by 2030 and a 100% renewable energy goal by 2045. The plan contains strategic initiatives whose combined effects will enable Durham County to reach its goals within the County’s parameters. Considerations include reducing building electricity consumption with on-site generation, energy efficiency, and renewable thermal alternatives; exploring renewable options such as physical plant community solar, or community wind options to replace all electricity that is fossil or nuclear powered; focusing on building electrification which includes replacing all building thermal energy sources with heat pump water heaters, solar-source heat pumps, or renewable fuels such as renewable gas (digester/landfill), or renewable diesel. For transportation decarbonization, the team offered vehicle-to- grid concepts; and the deployment of green fleet vehicle replacement “purchasing standards” in advance of new like-for-like fleet vehicle purchases.