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California Sets Goal Of 100 Percent Clean Electric Power By 2045
California has established an ambitious goal of relying entirely on zero-emission energy sources for its electricity by the year 2045.
California has established an ambitious goal of relying entirely on zero-emission energy sources for its electricity by the year 2045.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill mandating the electricity target on Monday. He also issued an executive order calling for statewide carbon neutrality — meaning California "removes as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it emits" — by the same year.
"This bill and the executive order put California on a path to meet the goals of Paris and beyond," Brown said in a statement. "It will not be easy. It will not be immediate. But it must be done."
As the Trump administration rolls back federal efforts to combat climate change, California has actively pursued a leading role in the international fight against global warming.
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The latest announcement comes shortly before Brown heads to San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit.
The bill specifically requires that 50 percent of California's electricity to be powered by renewable resources by 2025 and 60 percent by 2030, while calling for a "bold path" toward 100 percent zero-carbon electricity by 2045. ("Zero-carbon" sources include nuclear power, which is not renewable.)
Previously, California had mandated 50 percent renewable electricity by 2030.
California is not the first state with such ambitions — in 2015, Hawaii established a goal of 100 percent renewable electricity sources by 2045.
But, as KQED's Lauren Sommer reported last year, "California uses about 30 times more electricity than Hawaii and is the fifth largest economy in the world."
California already gets a substantial portion of its electricity from renewable resources.
The California Energy Commission estimates that 32 percent of retail energy sales were powered by renewable sources last year.
But the supply of renewable energy varies from day to day — even moment to moment.
NPR's Planet Money reported that on a sunny day this June, nearly 50 percent of the state's electricity came from solar energy alone.
The latest announcement comes shortly before Brown heads to San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit.
The bill specifically requires that 50 percent of California's electricity to be powered by renewable resources by 2025 and 60 percent by 2030, while calling for a "bold path" toward 100 percent zero-carbon electricity by 2045. ("Zero-carbon" sources include nuclear power, which is not renewable.)
Previously, California had mandated 50 percent renewable electricity by 2030.
California is not the first state with such ambitions — in 2015, Hawaii established a goal of 100 percent renewable electricity sources by 2045.
But, as KQED's Lauren Sommer reported last year, "California uses about 30 times more electricity than Hawaii and is the fifth largest economy in the world."
California already gets a substantial portion of its electricity from renewable resources.
The California Energy Commission estimates that 32 percent of retail energy sales were powered by renewable sources last year.
But the supply of renewable energy varies from day to day — even moment to moment.
NPR's Planet Money reported that on a sunny day this June, nearly 50 percent of the state's electricity came from solar energy alone.
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But as Sommer reported last year, that variability means it's tricky to get renewable energy supply to match up with electricity demand:
Large-scale energy storage systems can help address that problem, Sommer said, as could a "better-connected transmission grid system."
But as Sommer reported last year, that variability means it's tricky to get renewable energy supply to match up with electricity demand:
Large-scale energy storage systems can help address that problem, Sommer said, as could a "better-connected transmission grid system."
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