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Accelerating energy transition towards renewables is central to net-zero emissions. However,building a global power system dominated by solar and wind energy presents
Data on wind and solar construction come from Global Renewables Watch, with research contributions from Microsoft's AI for Good Lab, The Nature of Conservancy and Planet. Researchers trained a machine-learning model to detect onshore wind turbines and utility-scale solar farms in quarterly, high-resolution satellite imagery.
In the United States, electricity from solar and wind combined surpassed coal for the first time last year. Solar alone accounted for more than 80 percent of new capacity added in 2024, a third of which was installed in Texas.
Improved battery technology is another factor in solar's spread. Cheaper, better storage makes it possible to power homes after the sun has set and people are home cooking, doing laundry or watching TV. While wind projects face growing obstacles, solar has emerged as the more viable option to add capacity quickly, cheaply and at nearly any scale.
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