CNBC reports on the barriers to fully-renewable energy use in the US.
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Here’s why the U.S. electric grid isn’t running on 100% renewable energy yet
Generating electricity to power homes and businesses is a significant contributor to climate change. In the United States, one quarter of greenhouse gas emissions come from electricity production, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Solar panels and wind farms can generate electricity without releasing any greenhouse gas emissions. Nuclear power plants can too, although today’s plants generate long-lasting radioactive waste, which has no permanent storage repository.
But the U.S. electrical sector is still dependent on fossil fuels. In 2021, 61 percent of electricity generation came from burning coal, natural gas, or petroleum. Only 20 percent of the electricity in the U.S. came from renewables, mostly wind energy, hydropower and solar energy, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Another 19 percent came from nuclear power.
Read the full article at the CNBC website.
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