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How to triple renewables by 2030 (from “Zero: The Climate Race”) - KCRW

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How to triple renewables by 2030 (from “Zero: The Climate Race”) | KCRW

Today we’re sharing an episode from another climate podcast that you might like. It’s Zero: The Climate Race from Bloomberg. If you like what you hear, check them out wherever you get podcasts.

How to triple renewables by 2030 (from “Zero: The Climate Race”)

Credits

Hosts:

Caleigh Wells,
Candice Dickens-Russell

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State of Play

Renewable energy sources — once the fuel of the future, then practical in specific, narrow applications — are increasingly economic mainstream sources of power generation. Hydropower was long the mainstay of U.S. renewable electricity generation, although wind power surpassed hydro for the first time in 2019, and solar continues its rapid growth. The continued growth of wind and solar, with their fluctuations, is tied in part to improvements in storage technology: batteries.

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