Emissions Are Declining. Some good news are coming out of 2019, emissions in the US are anticipated to be down 2% largely due to the electricity sector, good job everyone!
Visual Change To Generation. In 2019, coal consumption in the US is down 18% to the levels of 1975. If you want to see how this change is happening, look at the graph from the UK below. You can see how king coal was everything for nearly an entire century but that is changing. In Texas the trend is similar, wind basically equalled the generation of coal and will overcome it this year.
Need For More. Now that the generation portfolio is changing to a better blend, we have to make sure that solar is in a position to take on the additional load caused by electric cars. Estimates are coming out but that will surely be understated. With every major OEM going electric, what will they do to work together with homeowners and power suppliers.
What This Decade Means. This decade has already been labels the Solar+ decade by the solar DC trade group. In order to achieve this we must put our differences aside and realize that as an industry we have to be uniform in our message. Homeowners that have or want solar need to get involved and it’s our job to activate them!
- Bloomberg: U.S. Emissions Fall After Utilities Ditch Coal in Favor of Gas
- Utility Dive: PJM – Electric vehicles could boost load 1.5 GW by 2035
- PV-Magazine: The world will add 142 GW of new solar this year
- Axios: Democrats prep climate legislation in case of 2020 breakthrough
- Solar Power World: SEIA vows solar will lead power generation in this decade
- PV-Tech: SunPower appoints new CFO to Maxeon spin-off’s leadership team
- Grist: New York’s ambitious climate and environmental justice laws are in effect. Here’s what’s next.
- GreenBiz: Volkswagen boosts EV production target to 1.5 million by 2025
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