Open AccessAdding Up to Zero
Author(s) -
Jeffrey Winters
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1943-5649
pISSN - 0025-6501
DOI - 10.1115/1.2021-jul1
Subject(s) - power (physics) , coal , engineering , zero emission , electric power , administration (probate law) , electric power industry , electrical engineering , political science , waste management , electricity , law , physics , quantum mechanics
The Biden administration has proposed zeroing out carbon emissions from the electric power industry by 2035. The eventual shuttering of most coal- and gas-fired power plants—once seen as both politically impossible and profoundly irresponsible—now seems all but inevitable. The question is now, how do we replace all that power?
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