Comment by tremon

If that’s the US’s plan, it’s a good one

Wait, why is almost 60% of energy coming from fossil fuels called a good plan? It's close to bottom of the class among first-world countries, but even Poland (50% coal/15% gas/25% renewable) and Australia (45% coal/15% gas/35% renewable) have more renewable power in their mix. Excluding smaller countries like Finland (35% nuclear/25% wind/15% hydro), those looking for a better plan would be advised to copy from the UK's homework instead. Their electricity generation profile for 2024 [0]:

  35% wind
   6% solar
   2% hydro
  16% nuclear
   8% biomass
  30% gas
  <1% coal

And this is for the entire EU [1]:

  17.4% wind
  11.1% solar
  13.2% hydro
  23.7% nuclear
   5.5% biomass
  15.7% gas
   9.8% coal
   3.4% other

[0] https://www.neso.energy/news/britains-electricity-explained-... -- note that the original breakdown includes 14% imports, I recalculated the percentages to exclude those (most imports come from France, whose mix is 70% nuclear/25% renewable/5% gas)

[1] https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricit...