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Last year more than 50% of new US generation capacity that came online was renewable. In Q1 of this year it went up to 60% -- https://www.solarpowerworldonline.
by floatrock 7y ago
Last year more than 50% of new US generation capacity that came online was renewable. In Q1 of this year it went up to 60% -- https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/05/renewables-accounted-for-new-energy-capacity-in-q1/ https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/05/renewables-acc.... The current administration is beholden to large coal donors, yes, but all that campaign money is just the final desperate hail-mary of the coal barons.
The beancounters who make the decisions see that renewables are now the cheaper option.
We've even seen cases where plans for cheap gas peaker plants have been scrapped because doing it with batteries is cheaper.