Source: ieefa.org
California energy regulators on Feb. 10 adopted a plan to add roughly 25,500 MW of new renewable energy capacity and some 15,000 MW of energy storage and demand response by 2032 to help decarbonize the world's fifth-largest economy.
The California Public Utilities Commission's decision cuts the state's planning target for greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector to 35 million metric tons, or MMT, within the same timeframe, nearly a quarter lower than the previously approved 46 MMT.
"It means that in 2032, our grid will be at 86 percent greenhouse gas-free," Commissioner Clifford Rechtschaffen said ahead of a unanimous 4-0 vote.
Il-liġi tal-istat ta' Kalifornja tirrikjedi li 60 fil-mija tal-bejgħ bl-imnut kollu tal-elettriku jiġi minn riżorsi ta' enerġija rinnovabbli sal-2030, fit-triq għal 100 fil-mija żero-enerġija tal-karbonju sal-2045.
The preferred system plan, which the CPUC updates every two years, incorporates its June 2021 order for investor-owned utilities, community choice aggregators and other load-serving entities to add at least 11,500 MW of clean energy resources between 2023 and 2026 to help replace the state's last nuclear power station, the 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon plant, and several aging natural gas-fired power plants.
Il-kapaċità l-ġdida prevista fil-pjan tinkludi taħlita qawwija ta' utilità-solar, riħ fuq l-art u ħażna ta' batteriji. Jinkludi wkoll aktar minn 1,000 MW ta' ġeotermali u madwar 1,700 MW ta' riħ lil hinn mix-xtut. Il-portafoll jaqta' 1,000 MW għal ħażna ta'-enerġija fit-tul, immudellat bħala idroenerġija ppumpjata.
