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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] The price of solar panels and wind turbines has declined 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively, since 2011. [5] 5] The U.S. The answer is, ‘Yes, of course.