Clean-energy investment in America is off the charts—but it still isn’t translating into enough electricity that people can actually use. In 2023, the U.S. added 32 gigawatts of clean electricity to the grid in the form of new solar, battery storage, wind, and nuclear. It was a record—but it was still only about two-thirds of what’s necessary to stay on track with the Inflation Reduction Act’s goal of reducing emissions by 40 percent by 2030. In this piece from The Atlantic, MIT Institute Innovation Fellow Brian Deese discusses what he sees as the next phase of necessary reforms in the electricity market to meet these targets.
Read the full article at The Atlantic here.