US Utilities Buy More Renewables, But Coal Cloud Looms Ahead

Clean Technica: For a handy rundown on all the latest good news about renewables in the US, we turn to Sheryl Carter and Sophia Ptacek of the Natural Resources Defense Council. In a recent blog post for the NRDC they observed that “utility clean energy commitments have strengthened and multiplied since we inventoried some of the most newsworthy announcements last year.”

The two authors cited some names that should ring a bell, including Xcel Energy, the Platte River Power Authority, and MidAmerican Energy.

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