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Experts Anticipate Renewable Energy Will Overrun Trump’s Dopey “Energy Dominance” Policy
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Experts Anticipate Renewable Energy Will Overrun Trump’s Dopey “Energy Dominance” Policy
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From the article: Energy dominance is a dopey theme, and it’s no shocker to see President Trump make it sound even more idiotic. Despite his bloviating about the greatness of fossil energy, the numbers show that renewable energy is the best way for the US to assert “energy dominance,” whatever that is. Renewables accounted for more than 90% of the new electricity generating capacity added in the US last year, and there’s plenty more where that comes from.
Considering the [attempted](https://www.wpr.org/news/baldwin-moore-call-musk-trump-spending-cuts-coup-insurrection) coup now underway (don’t just take my word for it), it’s something of a relief to see that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is still at the job of issuing its monthly energy reports. Still, the agency is not exactly trumpeting the great showing by renewable energy last year. So far, FERC has not posted a press release summarizing the 2024 data on its website.
Nevertheless, last week the organization SUN DAY Campaign sent a summary of the 2024 report to its mailing list, which it found at FERC under the heading “Energy Infrastructure [Update](https://cms.ferc.gov/media/energy-infrastructure-update-december-2024) for December 2024,” dated February 6 of this year.
As summarized by the SUN DAY Campaign, the renewable energy picture in the US is somewhat lopsided. Solar energy alone accounted for over 81% of the new capacity added in December 2024, with the total coming in at 90.5% for the year.
The low showing from wind developers is not a surprise, and the picture does not look any better this year. President Trump single-handedly dealt a lethal blow to the US offshore wind industry — and its 40-state supply chain, too — when he froze federal offshore leases. Onshore wind activity, though, still has some potential to pick up, including contributions from the wind farm repowering industry.
On the bright side, the renewable energy picture is much brighter for the US solar industry, which does not depend on federal leases. In that regard, the SUN DAY campaign draws particular attention to the all-important capacity factor.
On a standalone basis, nuclear energy has a higher capacity factor than any other means of generating electricity, because nuclear power plants can run close to maximum power any time of the day or night. Capacity factor is a measurement of how much of a plant’s maximum 24/7 power is actually output, explains the US Department of Energy.
I know there are some people out there who would actively want to build unsustainable (both in environmental and financial terms) fossil fuel power plants purely out of spite. I remember this one guy I worked with specifically who went on and on about how his family had a rich history of being coal miners and how terrible Obama was for killing coal. He would not listen at all when I tried to explain that market forces killed coal. It’s basically like doubling down on stables when automobiles are becoming more common.
Even Germany, who had been kicking and screaming about renewables entirely along the way, has hit 60% renewables in 2024, with no end in sight.
China is about to go full renewables.
Soon the USA will be in competition with countries who get their electricity mostly for free, while the USA still needs to pay for it.
Even a moron can figure out what is going to happen next.
Forcing America to fall even further behind China is the dumbest idea since trump’s last dumb idea.
Not after they „Ban energy derived from the movement of Earth and Sun“ /s
„Trump declares ban on solar energy, as he suspects the sun is a DEI hire“ 🤣