Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope: January 31, 2025
96% of new U.S. power plants in 2024 were carbon emissions-free!
The evidence of clean energy success is overwhelming: 96% of new U.S. power plants in 2024 were carbon emissions-free!
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Reasons For Hope
In 2024, for the first time ever, wind and solar combined generated more electricity than coal in the USA, as renewables continue to surge and coal plants retire.
And a magnificent 96% of new electricity-generating capacity built in the U.S. in 2024 was carbon emissions-free! World-transforming solar accounted for the lion’s share at 60% with a record-high 34 GW (34,000 MW) built, with remaining sources including batteries 23%, wind 10%, and nuclear 2%.
This is excellent progress! Here are just a few specific project examples from recent weeks:
The 577 MW Fox Squirrel Solar farm is online, and now the largest solar farm in Ohio!
The U.S. BLM approved the 600 MW Jove solar farm, set for public lands in Arizona.
The titanic Sunstone solar-plus-storage project has won approval in Oregon. When complete, it will feature 2.4 GW (2,400 MW!) of solar plus extensive battery storage!
Furthermore, in 2024, U.S. carbon emissions fell by 0.2%, while the economy grew by a whopping 2.7%. Decoupling continues — modern countries can be both rich and green!
The evidence for clean energy success continues to pile up, with wind, solar, and batteries reliably keeping the lights on across America. The path forward is clear: building new clean energy is overwhelmingly beneficial for both citizen well-being and climate action. Clean energy abundance brings clean air and plentiful, reliable power.
Sunstone in my state is awesome!