The grid continues to get cleaner and cleaner. Renewable energy accounts for a large percentage of new electricity generation capacity quarter after quarter in the United States, while old coal power plants close down quarter after quarter. However, due to the massive size of the electricity generation fleet and how long most power plants stay in operation, you could say that we are seeing only incremental improvement when it comes to …
Renewables now provide 43% of new electricity capacity in U.S.
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