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How Solar Power Could Become a Victim of Its Own Success
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How Solar Power Could Become a Victim of Its Own Success

Phoebe Braithwaite
Wired UK, 2018
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As the sixth-largest economy in the world, the US state of California has set itself some of the developed world’s most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets. Thanks to favorable geography, forward-looking government policies and a private sector willing to invest in renewable energy sources, California is well on track to meet or even surpass these goals. Yet as Phoebe Braithwaite explains in Wired UK, California’s transition to a low-carbon energy future has created a new set of challenges that policy makers have yet to solve. getAbstract recommends her article to policy makers and utility sector professionals.

Take-Aways

  • Solar power is the fastest-growing – and one of the most inexpensive – sources of global energy. 
  • To follow through on its commitment to produce half of its electricity from renewables by 2030, the US state of California requires all new homes to have solar panels.
  • Yet rapidly surging solar energy production in California has led to oversupply and falling energy prices.

About the Author

Phoebe Braithwaite is a writer for Wired UK.

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