▲ 946 ▼ 40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 229 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Ibex0@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Don't forget geothermal. California has a little of that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misophist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Geothermal - 0.4% Geothermal is not quite to the point where we can represent it with a whole number percentage value, but it's getting there! If we're going to include sub-1% generators, burning wood has geothermal beat out at 0.8%. Geothermal is cool, though! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Burning wood is extremely important for reaching 100% renewable. It's one of the only pilotable renewables energy. Even with a lot of battery there is still long period with very little sun and wind that will require to fire up a thermal power station. Wood is a very good candidate for that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misophist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Geothermal - 0.4% Geothermal is not quite to the point where we can represent it with a whole number percentage value, but it's getting there! If we're going to include sub-1% generators, burning wood has geothermal beat out at 0.8%. Geothermal is cool, though! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Burning wood is extremely important for reaching 100% renewable. It's one of the only pilotable renewables energy. Even with a lot of battery there is still long period with very little sun and wind that will require to fire up a thermal power station. Wood is a very good candidate for that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Burning wood is extremely important for reaching 100% renewable. It's one of the only pilotable renewables energy. Even with a lot of battery there is still long period with very little sun and wind that will require to fire up a thermal power station. Wood is a very good candidate for that. permalink fedilink source parent