The Tide Is Turning (and Is It Ever)

Mods: Title is from the article. Update accordingly, it ain't great to be honest.

Highlights:

> In the US, renewables are expected to see fifty times as much net capacity added in the next three years as nuclear and fossil fuels combined.

> This particular item was widely commented on in the media, as SDC releases often are. But the issue everyone covered was the fact that renewables accounted for 100% of installations in April [1]. It seems nearly nobody noticed the paragraph above.

> I was stunned by the idea that renewables would outpace fossil fuels plus nuclear by a factor of 50 over the next three years. In fact, I double-checked the data at FERC. It is true, as you can see for yourself in the Energy Infrastructure Update for April 2020 [2].

> Another thing, however, is that the news from the real world suggests that coal, in particular, is declining faster than FERC, or anyone else, could have expected. Every week, I seem to see two or three announcements of coal-burning power plants being closed ahead of schedule. These are retirements that FERC has not yet taken into account.

[1] https://cleantechnica.com/2020/06/09/renewables-provide-all-...

[2] https://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff-reports/2020/apr-energy-inf...