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US can run on 100% renewable power – but should it?

It could be cheaper than you think to shift the US power mix to 100% renewables by 2050.

But driving out the most efficient fossil fuel generators will almost certainly prove to be economically impractical – particularly if the transition is accelerated.

That’s the headline conclusion from a detailed new study that seeks to quantify the challenge of reaching a 100% renewable energy power system for the contiguous US.


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