Climate, pollution, clean/renewable energy
Stanford U Prof, Civil & Env Eng; Director, Atmos/Energy Program
Cofounder-Solutions Project; Appeared on Letterman
Testified Held v Montana
https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/
Stanford.io/Jacobson ..
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Climate, pollution, clean/renewable energy
Stanford U Prof, Civil & Env Eng; Director, Atmos/Energy Program
Cofounder-Solutions Project; Appeared on Letterman
Testified Held v Montana
https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/
Stanford.io/Jacobson
Mark Zachary Jacobson is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and director of its Atmosphere/Energy Program. He is also a co-founder of the non-profit, Solutions Project. .. more
2025 avg capacity factor of all 21.58 GW* of solar on the @California_ISO grid:
30.2%
2024 CF US coal:
42.6%
www.eia.gov/electricity/...
->Coal not much more reliable than CA solar
*=avg Dec '24 & Dec '25 nameplates
Solar output: 57,054 GWh/y
22nd day of 2025 w/100% WWS on grid-no blackouts
SB LVIII in Las Vegas was 100% RE but not solar alone
But LAShould have good numbers
Reposted by Peter Thorne
Gas output down 58% and batteries output up 303% in 2025 v '2023
Solar+batteries replacing gas
Clean energy is surging — with or without Trump
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/desp...