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"California has used a quarter less natural gas to generate electricity this year than last because its solar panels and batteries have finally achieved critical mass."

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Mark Z. Jacobson

@mzjacobson

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"The good news" by @billmckibben "How many people could tell you that, over the course of America’s campaign cycle, we passed the line where humans are installing a gigawatt’s worth—a nuclear power plant’s worth—of solar panels each day?" cjr.org/analysis/bill- @CJR

8:00 AM · Nov 11, 2024

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Olavi Justus

@dakpaklak

Two years more, and gas is almost completely gone!

Tesla batteries

planned capacity of 40 GWh per year at Lathrop factory. And their China megapack factory coming online any week now. This is what we need to drive down costs of renewables even more and put the baselime generation argument to bed.

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CZ App

@Czapp_portal

Did you know renewables now generate nearly half of EU electricity? Fossil fuel power has dropped 14% in 2024, with renewables hitting a record 49% share. What's driving this massive shift? #CleanEnergy #EUPower

EU Fossil Power Plummets as Renewables Soar to Record 49% in 2024

And coincidentally the sun shines bright enough for solar about a quarter of the time. The next 3/4, however, are going to be a little harder, to say the least.

S4bersun

@s4bersun

Unfortunately the IRA will probably go away under the new administration and with that the renewable energy installations and it's sector will collapse.

Niklas Grünewald

@ngrunewaldeco

I love seeing solar power achieve critical mass in California! A quarter less natural gas usage is a huge win for the environment.

Murphy and his Law

@SchwanderMurphy

Erst hat in der Stromerzeugung Erdgas den Kohleverbrauch halbiert und nun sind dank Solar und Batterien ein Viertel des kalifornischen Gasverbrauchs weg. Es funktioniert. Aber man muss es wollen.