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After cutting the US wind and solar industries off at the knees all year long, the Trump administration has finally woken up to the fact that wind and solar are the only abundant, accessible domestic energy resources that can meet the nation’s surging demand for electricity ASAP, STAT, on the double, economically, safely, and at scale, too. At least, that’s what one may think upon a cursory reading of the Energy Department’s new “Speed to Power” plan. It is tailor made to vault renewable energy back to priority status in federal energy policy — or not, as the case may be.
More Renewable Energy, Pleeeeese!
Actually, “Speed to Power” is more of a plea than a plan. In a September 18 announcement, the Energy Department let everybody know that it has issued a formal Request for Information, desperately seeking any and all ideas from the…
