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.