Biden Admin Unveils , Ambitious Solar Energy Plan.<br />Biden Admin Unveils , Ambitious Solar Energy Plan.<br />The plan was released on Sept. 8.<br />It lays out a pathway for the U.S. to produce nearly half of its energy needs from the sun by 2050.<br />In 2020, just four percent of U.S. energy was solar.<br />The plan calls for a doubling of U.S. solar energy across the next four years.<br />and then another doubling of solar energy by the year 2030.<br />While moving to solar energy as laid out in the plan will go far to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.<br />the plan also represents a significant <br />transformation of American life.<br />That kind of quick acceleration of deployment is only going to happen through smart <br />policy decisions, Abigail Ross Hopper, Solar Energy Industries Association, via 'The New York Times'.<br />That’s the part where having a goal is important, but having clear steps on how to get there <br />is the issue, Abigail Ross Hopper, Solar Energy Industries Association, via 'The New York Times'.<br />But Energy Department calculations show that solar energy is extremely cost effective.<br />One of the things we’re hoping that people see and take from this report is that it is affordable to decarbonize the grid, Becca Jones-Albertus, Energy Department, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Though the nation's energy <br />grids are currently designed <br />for coal and natural gas, .<br />analysts say that transferring to solar is possible without disruption.<br />The grid will remain reliable. <br />We just need to build, Becca Jones-Albertus, Energy Department, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />In essence the [Department of Energy] is saying America needs a ton more solar, not less, and we need it today, not tomorrow, Bernadette Del Chiaro, California Solar and Storage Association, via 'The New York Times'
