A Golden Age of Renewables Is Beginning, and California Is Leading the Way
www.scientificamerican.com
California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar are ready to cover our electricity needs
  • kalkulat@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Believe I read the other day that Uruguay is now using 100% renewables. Guess they just have what it takes. Doesn’t seem to have made any headlines, though. NIMBY I guess.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      1·
      2 months ago

      Uraguay started with a fairly large fraction of their electric generation being hydropower, which makes it a lot easier than it is in most places.

    • federalreverse-old@feddit.de
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      2 months ago

      The story of Uruguay is inspiring but it’s not utopia. Iirc, energy prices are pretty high and the erection of wind turbines on farmland resulted in more money/power for large land owners, increasing inequality somewhat.