Submitted by Wagamaga t3_11e3tpp in technology
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Snopes1 t1_jadppva wrote
People also forget that a lot of that % is sort of a misnomer.
A huge chunk of it comes from hydro projects, which have existed in the Pacific Northwest, Sun Belt, Tennessee Valley, and New England/Quebec region for more than a generation.
If you subtract those long standing projects from the calculation, I would guess the number of modern projects accounts for closer to 10% of current generation.
0pimo t1_jadu8wd wrote
>Solar was the fastest-growing renewable energy source – output by solar increased by 24.14% and its share of total US electrical generation for the year was 4.74%.
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>Electrical generation by wind also expanded significantly – growing by 14.97% and providing over a tenth of total US electrical generation in 2022.
Maybe. But Solar and Wind are growing quite quickly.
I know in my area they're putting up solar and wind farms like crazy. My warehouse is powered 100% by renewable energy off the grid now.
DanielPhermous t1_jaeztqt wrote
So, if we're not supposed to count any power generation source that's over a generation old, does that mean we can ignore most of the coal and gas power stations too?
Mr_ToDo t1_jaev1gp wrote
Why do those not count?
If that were how we counted things Canada would be pretty screwed on statistics.
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RickAstleyletmedown t1_jacb2q3 wrote
USA rocketing all the way up to... [checks notes]... around 75th in the world for percentage of renewable electricity generation. Oh.
DevoidHT t1_jad0lwt wrote
It’s easy to scale up when it takes one wind farm to generate 100% of your power. The US energy grid is massive.
DanielPhermous t1_jaezyur wrote
The US also has a huge amount of money. Taxes and population scale together.
Spend some and get it done.
wheas_waldo t1_jacvwyo wrote
To be fair, the U.S is quite large. I wonder what the actual mega wattage is compared to others
citizenjones t1_jadlwnx wrote
A total number of provided jobs would be a nice number to have. The Green energy industry is still the 'energy industry' so these positive developments supports the tech and the job creation that comes with it.