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Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Union of Concerned Scientists

A 2022 Astrape Consulting study that used probabilistic methods to account for the risks of correlated power plants outages found a capacity credit for gas (in PJM South) of 76 percent in winter and 85 percent in summer.

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

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. gigawatts of highly-reliable, low-cost, and low-carbon power. [49] 5] The U.S.

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Analysis: Russia’s slow progress on climate action set to pick up speed

A Greener Life

A person walks past solar panels of the Isyangulovo solar power plant in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan. Russia considers itself to be in a much stronger position today than in 2014 when the US imposed sanctions over its involvement in Crimea. Photo credit: Alamy. By Christopher Weafer. Photo credit: Alamy.