wind

“Wind and solar are the cheapest resource for electricity nearly everywhere around the world.”

“In fact, the intermittency and storage issues associated with renewables like solar and wind have largely been addressed in recent years.”

“I think one of the advantages we have today is that we have more solar and wind and energy storage installed. You know, the industries are more mature, and I think that has caught, that has built the political support for industrial policy.”

“So solar is probably going to make up about two-thirds of the target here, and solar is just the least cost resource in many areas of the world, so it will continue to dominate. Solar and wind together will make up about 92% of this tripling target, but solar …”

“PV and wind are pretty much everywhere in the world, intermittently cheaper than any other form humans have ever had available, including burning fuel.”

“I think the second thing is indeed to what extent we keep underestimating the speed at which solar and batteries to some extent also wind, but to a less extent have achieved cost savings and actually are deployed.”

“It turns out that it's the cooling effect of wind that actually has the biggest impact on the capacity of the line, and so understanding wind at a really accurate hyperlocal level allows us to understand what that true capacity is”

“If you look back to 1800, even biomass today is used more than it was in the 1800. Oil is used more. Gas, coal, everything is used more. And solar and wind were simply additive.”