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Solar and battery storage to make up 81% of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2024

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61424

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, the article is obfuscating the relevant figures by comparing the expected additions to last year's addictions and also in percentages hiding the fact that this is a drop in a bucket.

The electric production in USA year 2022 was 60% fossils and it will be 60% fossils in this year too.