23June
Plunging renewable energy prices mean U.S. can hit 90% clean electricity by 2035–at no extra cost
Silvio Marcacci – Forbes, June 9, 2020
Renewable energy has been considered too expensive and too unreliable to power our grid, but new research has overturned that trope for good. Plummeting wind, solar, and storage prices have fallen so fast that the United States can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035 – without raising customer costs, and actually decreasing wholesale power costs 10%…
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29February
A major US utility is moving toward 100% clean energy faster than expected
David Roberts – Vox, 5/29/19
Another sign that zero-carbon energy is going viral. The energy world got some big news in December: Xcel Energy, one of the biggest utilities in the US, committed to going completely carbon-free by 2050 (and 80 percent carbon-free by 2030)…
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