I have said this time and time again on this site: The world is headed toward greater use of renewable energy. Despite various narratives heard on popular news media, renewable energy is being explored and implemented in specific situations throughout the world. These small occurrences amount to 'small victories' and should be recognized. Here is yet another small victory below.

Olympics and Renewable Energy?

The website "Climate Action News" reports in a brief titled "First ‘zero-emissions’ Winter Olympics kicks off in South Korea" that the current olympics are 'zero emission' as follows:

The games, taking place in PyeongChang, South Korea, has sustainable thinking at its heart with a goal of becoming the first zero-emissions event in its history.

Not only has it procured 190 megawatts of wind power to meet more than 100 per cent of its energy needs, but all six stadiums have been awarded with ‘green-building’ certifications. Organisers have ensured that a forest area twice the size of the event has been restored, and the Olympic Park has been built on the site of an old landfill, covering 86,696 square meters.

This is a celebration for the future of renewable energy. Why? Because as the future of events unfold, renewable energy should play a more dominant role. In the past, as the planning occurred regarding the Olympic games, new technology was touted but when the actual events came around, the total investment was smaller than projected.

The Olympic games offers a chance to invest heavily in a region for the future. If the region does a great job in investing in sustainable infrastructure for the event and surrounding events, then the payoff should be noticeable after the games comes to town (in the future). Meaning that the investment pay-off was great for the future. Whereas, horror stories of the past Olympic games include infrastructure investments which are stagnant in the aftermath of the games in the region -- which is extremely disappointing.

World events like the Olympics should be a celebration of the region along with the world class athletes who attend and participate in the games. Funding and investment on part of the state or nation should be viewed as an opportunity to "update" old infrastructure and display the new sustainable technology a nation offers. Lets hope that in the future, other nations follow South Korea and project 100% renewable energy use for their infrastructure too. The future of renewable energy is exciting.

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