{"id":193315,"date":"2021-03-03T21:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-faces-steep-challenges-to-reach-renewable-energy-goals\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T21:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:06:49","slug":"biden-faces-steep-challenges-to-reach-renewable-energy-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-faces-steep-challenges-to-reach-renewable-energy-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden faces steep challenges to reach renewable energy goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Biden faces steep challenges to reach renewable energy goals<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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PORTLAND, Maine \u2014 President Joe Biden wants to change the way the US uses energy by expanding renewables, but he will need to navigate a host of challenges \u2014 including the coronavirus pandemic and restoring hundreds of thousands of lost jobs \u2014 to get it done.<\/p>\n

The wind and solar industries have managed to grow despite a less-than-supportive Trump administration, which favored fossil fuels such as coal. They have a new ally in the White House in Biden, who has set a goal of 100 percent renewable energy in the power sector by 2035. Now comes the hard part \u2014 making it happ<\/a>en.<\/p>\n

Disruption from the pandemic has cost the renewable energy industry, which relies heavily on labor, about 450,000 jobs. The pandemic has also made it more difficult to build wind and solar infrastructure and has redirected federal resources away from the energy sector. There\u2019s the additional challenge of getting pro-environment legislation through a deeply divided US Senate where Democrats hold the\u00a0narrowest margin<\/a>\u00a0possible and have some key members in fossil fuel states.<\/p>\n

To reach Biden\u2019s 100 percent renewable energy goal will require a massive buildout of grid infrastructure to get energy from the windy plains or offshore wind farms over long distances to cities where electricity is needed. About a sixth of today\u2019s US electricity generation is from renewable sources, the US Energy Information Administration has said.<\/p>\n

Michael Mann, an American climatologist and geophysicist who directs the Earth System Science<\/a> Center at Pennsylvania State University, said Biden \u201ccampaigned on and has a mandate to act on climate,\u201d and that boosts his prospects of getting tough changes through. However, he said, it\u2019s going to be a fight and compromises will need to be made.<\/p>\n

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