Renewables Can Power a Third of the Eastern Grid

EcoWatch
Sep 1, 2016, 9:48 am117 pts
The power grid in the Eastern U.S. could support 30 percent of its electricity from wind and solar sources annually by 2026. NASA A new study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory used a detailed model to prove the Eastern Interconnection (EI)—the single, sprawling power grid that reaches from Maine…

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