Renewables have won the race against coal

[the other mike]

And are beginning to beat natural gas.
Renewables ‘have won the race’ against coal and are starting to beat natural gas

 

[martybegan]

And are beginning to beat natural gas.
Renewables ‘have won the race’ against coal and are starting to beat natural gas

Lots of opinion, very little facts.

Even for Thinkprogress.

 

[jc456]

And are beginning to beat natural gas.
Renewables ‘have won the race’ against coal and are starting to beat natural gas

Can't make this up.

 

[the other mike]

Edited.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Can we all at least agree that if this were true, it would be a good thing?

 

[the other mike]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Fukushima contaminants found as far north as Alaska's Bering Strait | Reuters

 

[whitehall]

"Won the race?" "Starting to beat?" What is this, economics for kids who live in mom's basement?

 

[martybegan]

Can we all at least agree that if this were true, it would be a good thing?

Only if it wasn't forced on us before it's time by government action.

 

[the other mike]

Idaho Eyes 100% Renewable Energy By 2045 | OilPrice.com

 

[jc456]

Idaho Eyes 100% Renewable Energy By 2045 | OilPrice.com

I’m looking to be alive

 

[martybegan]

Idaho Eyes 100% Renewable Energy By 2045 | OilPrice.com

Nothing but virtue signaling.

 

[imawhosure]

And are beginning to beat natural gas.
Renewables ‘have won the race’ against coal and are starting to beat natural gas

Good! Now you people can go buy them, and leave the rest of us alone. When everyone sees how much your utility bills go down, they will run out and purchase them to.

See, and you thought you had to have a government take over to have it your way.

Now, run along and go buy some stuff, then let us all know how it is working out for you.

 

[the other mike]

Good! Now you people can go buy them

 

[Likkmee]

And are beginning to beat natural gas.
Renewables ‘have won the race’ against coal and are starting to beat natural gas

Not for quite a while....watch and check them out. They have improving to do but in time they will. ( I'm off grid)

 

[deannalw]

Can we all at least agree that if this were true, it would be a good thing?

Yes.

Another if this were true... If frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their ass when they hop.

 

[the other mike]

Just last week, President Donald Trump mocked wind power, saying, “Let’s put up some windmills — when the wind doesn’t blow, just turn off the television darling, please.” He mocked solar power as well, falsely claiming, “it’s not strong enough, and it’s very, very expensive.”

Trump is blind to the clean energy revolution, showing how desperately the country needs a president who actually understands both the science of climate change and the business of clean energy. The question is not whether renewables will surpass natural gas, but whether governments will help ensure that they do so fast enough to avoid climate catastrophe.

They report that electricity prices “for onshore wind, solar PV and offshore wind have fallen by 49 percent, 84 percent and 56 percent respectively since 2010.” Costs for lithium-ion battery storage have dropped 76 percent since 2012 — and plunged 35 percent in the past year alone.These price drops have been global game changers.

“Solar PV and onshore wind have won the race to be the cheapest sources” of bulk or primary power generation in most countries, explained a BNEF energy analyst.

But, as BNEF reports, batteries plus solar and wind “are starting to compete, in many markets and without subsidy,” with natural gas plants used for “dispatchable power” that can be delivered on demand when the grid needs it rather than only when the sun shines or wind blows.

The investment bank Credit Suisse emphasized the same trend in a report released last December. “Utility scale solar plus storage is already cheaper than gas peaker plants,” they reported at the time.

 

[the other mike]

Another if this were true... If frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their ass when they hop.

Or swim in the oily water and die.

 

[buckeye45_73]

And are beginning to beat natural gas.
Renewables ‘have won the race’ against coal and are starting to beat natural gas

Good, so Climate Change is solved......now we can all move on...…..I love articles like that.

 

[the other mike]

And are beginning to beat natural gas.
Renewables ‘have won the race’ against coal and are starting to beat natural gas

Good, so Climate Change is solved......now we can all move on...…..I love articles like that.

"It's the economy stupid". America needs our manufacturing and trade problems solved and our infrastructure up to 21st century standards. Fuck climate change - too late for that at this point.....if we can help fix it along the way- bonus!
But we have irreversible shit coming our way no matter what....you can joke and sarcasm it away all you want to.

 

[22lcidw]

Just last week, President Donald Trump mocked wind power, saying, “Let’s put up some windmills — when the wind doesn’t blow, just turn off the television darling, please.” He mocked solar power as well, falsely claiming, “it’s not strong enough, and it’s very, very expensive.”

Trump is blind to the clean energy revolution, showing how desperately the country needs a president who actually understands both the science of climate change and the business of clean energy. The question is not whether renewables will surpass natural gas, but whether governments will help ensure that they do so fast enough to avoid climate catastrophe.

They report that electricity prices “for onshore wind, solar PV and offshore wind have fallen by 49 percent, 84 percent and 56 percent respectively since 2010.” Costs for lithium-ion battery storage have dropped 76 percent since 2012 — and plunged 35 percent in the past year alone.These price drops have been global game changers.

“Solar PV and onshore wind have won the race to be the cheapest sources” of bulk or primary power generation in most countries, explained a BNEF energy analyst.

But, as BNEF reports, batteries plus solar and wind “are starting to compete, in many markets and without subsidy,” with natural gas plants used for “dispatchable power” that can be delivered on demand when the grid needs it rather than only when the sun shines or wind blows.

The investment bank Credit Suisse emphasized the same trend in a report released last December. “Utility scale solar plus storage is already cheaper than gas peaker plants,” they reported at the time.

When the people of rich areas have those clean renewable power options all around them I will start to believe. The only way that is going to happen is if we are a decimated nation and they use all of the energy. Yeah...wind farms in the ocean off of Nantucket is going to be the norm.