NREL: U.S. Grid Could Be 80% Renewables By 2050

Today’s technology can do it, if the grid is modernized. A new report published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures), finds that the United States could achieve a very high level of renewable energy generation by 2050, using today’s commercially viable technologies. At 80 percent penetration, though, [...]