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“Over the first five months of 2026 [in the United States], utility-scale solar output rose 21.6 percent from a year earlier, while coal generation dropped 10.9 percent. The agency projects that solar, wind, and battery storage will add about 83 gigawatts of new capacity by May 2027. Fossil and nuclear capacity are set to slip by nearly 4.7 gigawatts over the same period.” Nuclear power may be cleaner than fossil fuels but it takes years to implement and the costs are exorbitant, not to mention what to do with the radioactive waste. Wind and solar should be the focus now. “[Google and Meta] moved for the same reason. Solar is now the cheapest and fastest new power they can buy, and they need staggering amounts of it for their datacenters. That appetite is the driver of the curve.” #FossilFuels #RenewableEnergy https://www.inc.com/soren-kaplan/the-biggest-solar-story-isnt-that-it-passed-coal-and-wind-its-what-happens-next/91386698