“According to data from the Department of Energy, less than 20 percent of wind and solar projects waiting to be connected are successfully completed.”
Renewables hit 21 percent of US electricity in 2022 and coal fell to 20. The headline skips the actual winner. Natural gas rose from 37 to 39 percent, and Texas leads the country in wind, gas and coal at the same time. Cheap panels mean nothing when four out of five projects die in the grid connection queue.