Heavy Electricity Needs Strain Green Growth And Won’t Get It
According to the Sustainable Energy In America 2025 Factbook, renewable energy is growing faster than expected. However, based on explosive demand, the pace may not be enough to allow green energy to feed most of the growth.
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The study’s authors wrote that new industrial demand, rising transportation needs, and AI data centers are making America more energy-hungry. “Regulators, utilities, and energy providers alike are looking to bring new sources of power online quickly and are calling on an increasingly diverse mix of energy resources to meet these needs.” However, most hope for advancement was due to expected federal government support. Under the new administration, that may not happen. Over $99 billion in federal support for sustainable initiatives was announced last year. Based on emerging policy, that number is likely to drop, and perhaps substantially.
“Renewable energy sources met a record volume of US energy demand in 2024. The combined contribution of wind, solar, biomass, waste-to-energy, geothermal and hydropower rose at the fastest pace among all sources of energy,” the authors said. However, the administration appears ready to drop this expansion in favor of the coal or oil industries.
EV Sales Slip
EV sales were also noted as an area of hope. One has to wonder why. The EV industry is under siege in the US. Only 8% of new cars sold in America last year were EVs. The new administration will kill the $7,500 EV tax credit. It has also cut back on investment in new charging stations.
The reasons for optimism about green energy are no longer found.
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