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40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] misophist@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months 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.