“Earlier this month, Joe Biden released an energy plan that calls for spending $2 trillion on building efficiency, electric vehicles, and, most important, an overhaul of the electric grid so that it relies solely on “clean” electricity by 2035.
Biden’s grid plan is ambitious. But is it plausible?
The prompt for taking a closer look at the numbers behind the “Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Standard” came from Roger Pielke Jr., a professor at the University of Colorado who writes frequently on climate and energy issues. During our conversation on last week’s episode of the Power Hungry Podcast, Pielke said that any plan for transforming our energy and power systems should explain when and where new infrastructure will be built as well as when coal- and gas-fired plants will be shuttered. Pielke did some calculations on what Biden’s plan implies and posted them on Twitter. Inspired by his work, I wrangled up some comparisons of my own. “
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Bryce, Robert. Forbes 27 July 2020.