Tag: renewable energy
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Keeping the Lights On: The Rising Cost of Electricity in the United States
Nuclear power likely accounts for more of your electricity supply than you might think. According to the graphic, nearly 20% of American electricity is produced via nuclear plant already, and about another 15% produced by wind, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources. With more than a third of our electricity already being generated with renewables, and…
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WindSource: The power of renewable energy
Wind turbines in Minnesota have produced enough power to offset the emissions produced by a coal-fired plant equivalent to taking 163,000 cars off the road. That would be a bumper-to-bumper line from Minneapolis to Milwuakee. There’s a lot more that one billion killowatt-hours of power can do.