California Briefly Inches Closer to 100% Clean Energy Goal -Bloomberg

Wind turbines at a wind farm near Highway 12 in Rio Vista, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. President Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure and stimulus blueprint he is set to unveil today, meant to catalyze investments in a clean energy economy and encourage low-emission technology necessary to constrain global warming, would give a 10-year extension to tax credits that have been a boon to wind and other renewable energy projects. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Mark Chediak, Bloomberg News

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EnergiesNet.com 05 04 2022

California briefly got closer to reaching its goal of obtaining 100% of its power from clean energy.

The Golden State’s main grid ran on 99.87% renewables for about two minutes on Saturday, the California Independent System Operator said in a statement Monday. That broke a previous record of 97.58% that was set on April 3, the grid operator said.

California has set a target to have all of its electricity come from renewable or zero-carbon energy sources by 2045. Hitting close to that target, even briefly, helps demonstrate the advances being made to eventually achieve the goal, according to the California ISO.

Read more: Megadrought Threatens Summer of California Blackout Risk

The push to transition away from fossil fuels hasn’t been smooth, as the state has struggled to keep the lights on the past two summers during heatwaves.

bloomberg.com 05 02 2022

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