The Biden administration is expanding efforts to speed clean electricity expansion with its existing powers, but faces big obstacles to meeting its climate goals without far more help from Congress.
President Biden has set a goal of reaching 100% carbon-free power by 2035 and cutting economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions — that is, power, transport, industry, etc. — in half by 2030.
The chart above shows why the power side of the target is a heavy lift, even as wind and solar are expanding very fast, andThe story is similar in other big emitting sectors. Electric vehicle sales are surging, but that's from a small base as gasoline-powered vehicles remain dominant.They include final plans for what the administration calls the largest-ever auction for offshore wind leases off the New York and New Jersey coasts.
Launch of an Energy Department program called "Building a Better Grid" aimed at financing transmission, and coordinating development among federal, state and local governments — a historically slow and difficult process.The new bipartisan infrastructure law has a suite of major clean energy initiatives, including transmission provisions that support the announcements.
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