California meets 100% renewable energy for 100 days milestone

The state has managed to meet its demands using clean power, though it remains early days

California recently achieved an important renewable energy milestone, according to a report originally published by Electrik, in which it said that for 100 days, the state managed to meet 100 percent of its power grid demands for at least several minutes, using clean power.

This doesn’t mean the state was powered in this way for the full 100 days

The milestone is that for several minutes per day for 100 consecutive days, renewable energy was able to meet 100 percent of the state’s power needs.  At first glance, this might not sound like much. A few minutes per day is certainly not an entire day. It’s not even necessarily an entire hour of a day.  However, when keeping in mind that California is the fifth largest economy in the world, it is a much greater achievement to be able to provide all the power it needs for even a few minutes per day.

The state has been making moves to decarbonize, and a part of that effort is to increase its reliance on clean sources of power behind its electrical grid.  According to the United Nations, these sources of energy can also be cheaper, making it possible to reduce the financial burden of meeting electrical needs.  The UN went on to explain in an official report that renewable energy’s implementation and maintenance creates more jobs than the existing fossil fuel industry, thereby providing a safer and healthier world and work environment potential.

Renewable energy is particularly important to California

While it’s important to the entire planet to slow the warming taking place as a part of climate change, California is feeling a particular pressure.

It is among the locations that has been experiencing earlier signs than others of the impact of climate change, and this has come in the form of extreme and destructive weather patterns.  From droughts and wildfires to sudden rain surges and landslides, the rising global temperature has been harmful to businesses, individuals, and lives.

Working for its future

The state is working to reduce its contribution to climate change as a part of its overall strategy to save itself from the impact of that environmental trend.