Curbing The Cannabis Industry’s Growing Power Consumption
Marijuana cultivation is estimated to use one percent of America’s electricity output. That’s enough juice to power 1.7 million average homes.
And as more states make the drug legal in some form, that power consumption is expected to soar. Northwest energy officials project cannabis grows will suck up three percent of the region’s power by 2035.
Now, efforts are underway to get growers to reduce their energy use.
John Kagia cuts right to the chase.
“Indoor cannabis cultivation is extraordinarily energy intensive,” he flatly states.
Kagia is Director of Industry Analytics for New Frontier, a Washington DC-based cannabis industry consulting firm. For example, he says:
“For every kilo of marijuana produced, the energy footprint equates to 4.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide, and the equivalent of seven cross-country trips in a car that is getting 44 miles per gallon.”
Kagia recently authored a study that details the growing power consumption of cannabis...
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