The Next Phase of Electricity Decarbonization? Planned Power Capacity is Nearly All Zero-Carbon | CEA | The White House
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For the first time since the mid-20th century, over 95 percent of this year’s planned new electric-generating capacity in the United States is zero-carbon.[1] Natural gas has long been relied on to ensure the nation’s power grids deliver electricity when needed. However, recent trends indicate a shift: Between 2020 and 2024, the share of new…

  • Yondoza
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    5 months ago

    Love how nuclear is a great base load source of energy for day to day fluctuations, but also when viewed from a timeline of decades. Good ol reliable nuclear.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      2·
      5 months ago

      Definitely. It’s going to take sharply increasing the rate of wind, solar, and storage build-out in order to force large-scale decommissioning of gas-burning power plants in the same way we achieved with coal.