California Urged to Speed Up or Risk Missing Green Grid Targets
- State report says pace of solar, wind installation must triple
- Report envisions offshore wind and lots of batteries
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California has pushed harder than most states to adopt renewable power. But a new government report suggests it’s not moving fast enough to meet one of its own key goals: a carbon-free electricity grid by 2045.
The report, issued Monday by three California agencies that regulate energy and climate issues, finds the state will need to triple the pace of wind and solar installations if it hopes to hit the 2045 target. And it could need to plug enough batteries into the grid to supply as much electricity as 48 nuclear reactors.