'Must try $578bn harder': why US energy infrastructure just got a bad school report

Sector given poor report card as progress is not happening fast enough to keep up with an increasingly electrified society

Solar panels and wind turbines. While US renewables have ramped over the past four years, they have primarily replaced coal-fired power generation rather than increased supply, according to ASCE
Solar panels and wind turbines. While US renewables have ramped over the past four years, they have primarily replaced coal-fired power generation rather than increased supply, according to ASCEPhoto: Shutterstock
Published 26 March 2025, 21:06Updated 27 March 2025, 08:03
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