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"Chart: Almost All New US Power Plants Are Carbon-Free"

"The U.S. is pretty much only building clean energy these days, and mostly solar and batteries. That’s good news — but the pace still needs to pick up."

"Zero-carbon energy is just about the only form of energy the U.S. is building anymore.

In the first half of this year, developers and power plant owners built 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generation capacity, per the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a 21 percent increase from the first half of last year.

The overwhelming majority — 97 percent — of the new capacity added this year came from carbon-free solar, battery storage, wind, and nuclear projects."

Dan McCarthy reports for Canary Media August 23, 2024.

Source: Canary Media, 08/26/2024