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Report: US wind power tomorrow what coal power today
2015-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Wind is poised to provide almost as much power in 2050 as coal-fired power plants provide today, according to an Obama administration analysis released Thursday. Only 4.5 percent of US power currently comes from wind. How is such rapid growth in wind capacity possible? Falling costs for wind power are helping it compete with traditional fossil fuels, even without the government support that fostered the industrys development. And while so-called grid parity may exist in only a few regions now,...
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