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United States · United StatesAffordable electricity is a major concern around the world. In the past year, wholesale electricity prices in the United States and Europe have risen by 30–40 percent — and while consumer costs include other factors, US homes have seen a similar rise in the price they pay over the past five years. As the world navigates a new age of electricity load growth, cutting costs is paramount. But comparing the United States with the rest of the world, e…Read Article
Affordability, Not Volatility: Renewables' Cost Advantage Grows
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Virginia, United States · VirginiaAfter decades of relatively flat electricity demand, the US power sector is expecting demand to grow due, in large part, to new data centers. These energy-intensive facilities are reshaping the grid, with some utilities now projecting over 20 percent load growth by 2035. In places like Virginia, which constitutes 13 percent of all reported data center capacity globally and 25 percent of the data center capacity in the United States, data centers…Read Article
Reality Check: We Have What’s Needed to Reliably Power the Data Center Boom, and It’s Not Coal Plants
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