[HN Gopher] FERC: Renewables made up 88% of new US power generat...
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       FERC: Renewables made up 88% of new US power generating capacity to
       Nov 2025
        
       Author : Bender
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2026-02-03 20:51 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | Rebelgecko wrote:
       | If you like (VERY) long form videos, you might enjoy the recent
       | video about renewables from Technology Connections:
       | https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM
       | 
       | Some of the interesting take ways for me, as someone who was
       | already pretty hung ho about solar and batteries:
       | 
       | * Solar has gotten so cheap that it's still profitable in the
       | shady northlands
       | 
       | * The amount of land it would take to run the US primarily on
       | solar is "a lot" in absolute terms. But it pales in comparison to
       | the amount of land we currently use to grow corn for feeding gas
       | cars.
        
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