Renewables Beat Fossils on Europe's Grid

<p>In the first half of 2020, renewables beat out fossil fuels on the grid in Europe for the first time. They didn’t only beat out coal -- they beat out all fossil fuels put together. We’ll look at what the milestone means.</p><p>Then, 30 major companies have come together in a new joint lobbying organization to flex united power for clean energy. Will it make renewables a bigger political force? And what will they be fighting for?</p><p>Then, your view of Texas is probably out-of-date. We look at the dawn of Big Solar in Texas and peek at the ERCOT interconnection queue -- it’s almost all green.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Recommended reading:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.electricitymap.org/map" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Danish Startup ‘Tomorrow’</a>: Global Real Time Carbon Intensity Map of Electricity</li><li><a href="https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/07/22/renewables-overtake-fossil-fuels-eu-electricity-generation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Climate Home News</a>: Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU electricity generation</li><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/07/23/european-renewables-just-crushed-fossil-fuels-heres-how-it-happened/#3bcd3f6b15df" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forbes</a>: European Renewables Just Crushed Fossil Fuels. Here’s How It Happened</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/johannesvdb/status/1294548795318063104?s=12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Johannes vd Bosch</a>: Twitter thread about Renewables in Germany</li><li><a href="https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063713017" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">E&amp;ENews</a>: AWEA, Clean Energy Companies Join Forces for Lobbying&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/awea-introduces-new-trade-group-the-american-clean-power-association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greentech Media</a>: AWEA Introduces New Trade Group</li><li><a href="https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/winds-awea-and-us-