"Some of the trends now seem locked in for the year: wind and solar are likely to be in a dead heat with coal,” Turner reported, “and all carbon-emissions-free sources combined will account for roughly 40 percent of US electricity production.”"
Not knocking wind and solar. The part time power at times they provide can be useful or chaos depending on the cyclical/seasonal nature of their energy production.
The reliable full time " carbon-emissions-free sources" in the US is over the entire year only from one type of power which is not mentioned untill the end in the almost the greenwashed article cut and pasted. It did eventually add "wind, solar, and hydroelectric—they only generated 22%" It did not cover the issues of the peaks and trough, Feast or famine the cyclical/seasonal nature of wind, solar and hydro.
It added Nuclear then immediately added a negative to it. Not considering Feast or famine the cyclical/seasonal nature of wind, solar and hydro or the unbelievably/impossibly high costs of new transmission lines and grid sized storage is greenwashing!
