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Solar and battery storage to make up 81% of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2024
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Electric generating facilities that are being closed or downsized are dominated by coal, so this means they're largely being replaced by renewable energy
Yes, the article is obfuscating the relevant figures by comparing the expected additions to last year's addictions and also in percentages hiding the fact that this is a drop in a bucket.
The electric production in USA year 2022 was 60% fossils and it will be 60% fossils in this year too.