The Sustainable Energy in America Factbook – produced annually for the Business Council for Sustainable Energy by BloombergNEF – provides valuable year-over-year data and insights on the American energy transformation. The 2023 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook covers the progress of the energy efficiency, natural gas, and renewable energy sectors.
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Data for the first eight months of this year show that wind generation has risen more than 25 percent since 2019 while utility-scale solar generation has jumped 55 percent. Combined, wind and utility-scale solar generation has gone up by 76 million megawatt-hours (MWh)—a 31 percent increase—while coal and gas generation has fallen by 1.6 percent since 2019, reflecting the ongoing transition of electricity markets to renewable energy and away from fossil fuels.
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China’s ambitious climate pledges have drawn praise the world over. But China will demand a high price for its contributions and can be expected to use its promise of international cooperation to undermine any containment strategy that US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration tries to pursue.
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2020 will be a year to remember. Fortunately, we don’t only have to remember it for a global pandemic, wildfires, an economic recession, racial justice protests, and locust swarms. Plenty of exciting and positive things happened in the energy space throughout the year. Coal is on its way out, bans on gas vehicles are growing and green hydrogen is off to the races.
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While there is tremendous growth in, and potential for, renewables, grid stability remains a barrier to progress. Hydrogen and artificial intelligence look set to play critical roles as countries turn to technology to help solve the problems of scaling up renewables.
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In the midst of 2020 election limbo, the Washington State Department of Commerce quietly released a draft of its Washington State 2021 Energy Strategy. And it’s clear that Washington is not on track to reach its 2030 commitment target or its deeper decarbonization emissions target of being carbon neutral by 2050 unless buildings are rapidly electrified.
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