Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024
The U.S. power grid added more capacity from solar energy in 2024 than from any other source in a single year in more than two decades, according to a new industry report released on Tuesday.
The data was released a day after Новият американски секретар по енергетика Крис Райт мощно подлага на критика слънчевата и вятърната сила на два фронта. He said on Monday at the start of CERAWeek by S&P Global, an annual energy conference in Houston, that they couldn’t meet the growing electricity needs of the world and that their use was driving up energy costs.
The report, produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, a research firm, said about 50 gigawatts of new solar generation capacity was added last year, Много повече от всеки различен източник на електричество.
mr. Райт и президентът Тръмп бяха мощно сериозни към възобновимата сила, която някогашният президент Джоузеф Р. Байдън -младши поддържа като метод за справяне с изменението на климата. The energy secretary, Mr. Trump and Republicans in Congress have pledged to undo many of Mr. Biden’s climate and energy policies.
new capacity installations on U.S. electric grids this year.Proponents of clean energy celebrated the milestone for solar power as the world moves to increase electricity production to meet the needs of energy-hungry data centers to support the growth of artificial intelligence.
“There’s wild agreement that in order to do that, we have to have enough electricity, and there are facts that show that the fastest way to do that and the cheapest way to do that is through the deployment of solar and storage, ” Abigail Ross Hopper, president and chief executive of the solar association, said in an interview at Ceraweek.
В панелна полемика водачът на една от най-големите компании за комунални услуги признаваше способността на Solar да дава ново и на ниска цена произвеждане на електричество. Mr. Ketchum projected a 55 percent increase in electricity demand over the next 20 years, almost a fifth of that related to the growth of data centers, with manufacturing and industrial growth accounting for much of rest.
Given the projections for the increased electricity demand, energy experts said governments should focus on affordability, reliability and safety of domestic and global energy while not losing sight of Притеснения по отношение на изменението на климата.
" Ще има неравности на пътя ", съобщи Ернест Мониз, който беше енергиен секретар в администрацията на Обама, съобщи в полемика на панела в Ceraweek. „ Преминаваме към това нисковъглеродно бъдеще. “
