One of the most persistent myths about clean energy is that clean energy does not supply a reliable source of electricity. That myth usually includes ideas such as we need coal, or nuclear, to provide baseload.<\/p>\n
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Experts: Reducing Carbon Emissions And Increasing Grid Reliability Are Doable<\/a><\/p>\n With the Clean Power Plan out for comment, a lot utilities are scurrying to figure out their game plan \u2014 or just how they would work with their state utility regulators to reduce their carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, from a 2005 baseline. The general feeling is that the goal is doable but it may take a little more time.<\/p>\n Understandably, the utilities and the state regulators want to find better and cheaper ways of doing business. Their level of enthusiasm, though, differs based on which part of the country they live and which fuels they burn to make electricity. The Northeast and California are leading the charge, having created free market exchanges to buy and sell credits to reduce carbon levels \u2014 mechanisms that each say is helping to broaden their generation mixes and to boost their economies. One of the most persistent myths about clean energy is that clean energy does not supply a reliable source of electricity. That myth usually includes ideas such as we need coal, or nuclear, to provide baseload. Check out this analysis from Forbes: Experts: Reducing Carbon Emissions And Increasing Grid Reliability Are Doable With the Clean … Continue reading Chipping away at the baseload myth<\/span>
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