Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

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.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. A polluting gas-fired electricity plant was moved to this area by the Ontario government in 2012. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

should maintain and expand its fleet of highly-reliable, carbon-free, and 94 percent efficient nuclear power plants. Bad policies have unfairly and counterproductively undermined the economics of nuclear power plants, including those that prevented wider power outages during the recent cold weather crisis.

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