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Cocoaboat t1_jc3gwhg wrote

Reply to comment by cepegma in Chart: Clean energy to make up 84% of new US power capacity in 2023 by captainquirk

I believe it, this is new stuff being built, not the entire energy grid. We’re a long way off from completely renewable/clean, but we’ve definitely been building a ton of it recently

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Taxoro t1_jc3rzb5 wrote

You need to remember this is by capacity. Renewable energy has about half the capacity factor than fossil fuels in usa, so in reality it's more like 65-70%

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