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Newsweek notes that renewable energy hit a milestone in California, meeting 100 percent of the state’s electricity demand for up to 6 hours nearly every day of the past month.

There’s obviously still a lot of progress needed to hit the state’s goal of running entirely on carbon-free electricity by 2045, but Stanford engineering professor Mark Jacobson says this is a sign that California is well on its way there.

Graph showing Percent of California Main Grid Electricity Demand Supplied by Wind-Water-Solar on April 14th.
Mark Jacobson: “Once again, California exceeds 100% of demand on its main grid with #WindWaterSolar. This is the 30TH OF THE PAST 38 DAYS that #WWS supply has exceeded demand for 0.25-6 h per day.”
Image: Mark Jacobson (X)
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