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California Needs More Diverse Electricity Mix
Official Press Release AWEA:
California renewable energy providers urge State investments in a more diverse, reliable mix of clean energy to prevent future capacity shortfalls
The American Wind Energy Association of California (AWEA-California) released this statement today on behalf of Director Danielle Osborn Mills, following this week’s rotating power outages in California.
“California's goal is to shift to 100% clean energy over the next 25 years while providing electricity safely, reliably, and affordably. Renewable energy has demonstrated for more than a decade that it can and will be able to meet all of these targets. But our renewable system in California and across the West is not sufficiently built out, and was designed around a different set of resources. As a result, the State needs to refocus its planning and procurement processes to enable utility-scale wind, solar, and storage to provide reliable power to... ... More: Official Press Release AWEA
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