{"id":12018,"date":"2025-03-11T04:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T04:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/solar-energy-criticized-by-trump-claims-big-u-s-gain-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T04:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T04:48:13","slug":"solar-energy-criticized-by-trump-claims-big-u-s-gain-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/solar-energy-criticized-by-trump-claims-big-u-s-gain-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. power grid added more capacity from solar energy in 2024 than from any other source in a single year in more than two decades, according to a new industry report released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The data was released a day after the new U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/10\/climate\/energy-secretary-climate-change-fossil-fuels.html\" title=\"\">strongly criticized solar and wind energy<\/a> on two fronts. He said on Monday at the start of CERAWeek by S&amp;P Global, an annual energy conference in Houston, that they couldn\u2019t meet the growing electricity needs of the world and that their use was driving up energy costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The report, produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, a research firm, said about 50 gigawatts of new solar generation capacity was added last year, far more than any other source of electricity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Wright and President Trump have been strongly critical of renewable energy, which former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. championed as a way to address climate change. The energy secretary, Mr. Trump and Republicans in Congress have pledged to undo many of Mr. Biden\u2019s climate and energy policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBeyond the obvious scale and cost problems, there is simply no physical way wind, solar and batteries could replace the myriad uses of natural gas,\u201d said Mr. Wright, who was previously chief executive of an oil and gas production company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Yet solar energy and battery storage systems appear to have significant momentum and may not be easily thwarted. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, which is part of Mr. Wright\u2019s department, said last month that it expected solar and batteries to continue leading <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=64586\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new capacity installations<\/a> on U.S. electric grids this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Proponents of clean energy celebrated the milestone for solar power as the world moves to increase electricity production to meet the needs of energy-hungry data centers to support the growth of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s wild agreement that in order to do that, we have to have enough electricity, and there are facts that show that the fastest way to do that and the cheapest way to do that is through the deployment of solar and storage,\u201d Abigail Ross Hopper, president and chief executive of the solar association, said in an interview at CERAWeek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a panel discussion, the leader of one of the nation\u2019s largest utility companies acknowledged solar\u2019s ability to deliver new electricity generation quickly and cheaply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cRenewables are ready to go right now because they\u2019ve been up and running,\u201d said John Ketchum, president and chief executive of NextEra Energy, the largest U.S. producer of renewable energy and the parent company of Florida Power &amp; Light, a utility that owns power plants that burn natural gas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Wright said the growing use of solar and wind power was driving up the cost of electricity, which has steadily increased the last couple of years. Some of that increase has been due to the sharp jump in the costs of oil and natural gas after Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and to upgrades to grids that experts say utilities had put off for many years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWind and solar, the darlings of the last administration and so much of the world today, supply roughly 3 percent of global primary energy,\u201d Mr. Wright said. \u201cEverywhere wind and solar penetration have increased significantly, prices on the grid went up and stability of the grid went down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Electricity rates across the country reached their highest levels in 2024, rising an average of 4 percent nationally to $162.60 a month in December for the typical 1,000 kilowatt-hours of usage, up from $156.90 a year earlier, according to the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/monthly\/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">latest federal data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even as prices rise, electricity demand is expected to increase drastically. Mr. Ketchum projected a 55 percent increase in electricity demand over the next 20 years, almost a fifth of that related to the growth of data centers, with manufacturing and industrial growth accounting for much of rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Given the projections for the increased electricity demand, energy experts said governments should focus on affordability, reliability and safety of domestic and global energy while not losing sight of concerns about climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s going to be bumps in the road,\u201d Ernest Moniz, who was energy secretary in the Obama administration, said on a panel discussion at CERAWeek. \u201cWe are moving to this low-carbon future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script 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