Sometimes MIT lacks some intellectual belief in where technology is and where it is going. After President Obama’s pledge to bring US energy to 50% renewable energy, MIT is saying that it is not possible without growth in nuclear as well. The reality, in my opinion, is that nuclear power capacity is reducing versus increasing given that Watts 2 is the latest plant trying to get started after having been started in the 90’s. Solar and wind plus storage, including storage in EV’s, is much more likely to electrify our renewable grid by 2025 than nuclear power.
- MIT: Obama’s Ambitious Clean-Energy Goal Will Depend on Nuclear—and the Next President
- CleanTechnica: Solar Roadways Coming To Route 66 In Missouri
- PV-Tech: Development banks ‘filling the gaps commercial capital won’t’ in Africa’s energy sector
- Grist: Sanders and Clinton teams fight over climate language in Democratic platform
- New York Times: Climate Change High on Agenda as Obama and Trudeau Meet for Summit
- The Guardian: Here comes the sun – US solar power market hits all-time high
- Utility Dive: Clean energy groups call on regulators for uniform rate design approach
- Yale: Yale Researchers Release Municipal Solar Scorecards for Connecticut
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Have a great day!
Yann