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US Solar Industry Rallies Behind 20% Generation Target for 2030

GreenTechMedia

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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Are we finally in the death-throes of the fossil fuel era?

Renewable Energy World

Their research reveals that by 2035, we could be generating over 100 times the amount of electricity that we need to meet global demand, purely from wind and solar. If powered by solar alone, they write, we’d need just 450,000 km2 – just 0.3% of the world’s total land area.