California’s Permitting Issues Need Fixes to Progress in Clean-Energy Transition
California will have to fix the issues plaguing its permitting processes before the state's green-energy transition can make major progress. With 28% of California's electricity coming from wind and solar, an increase from 14% in 2015, the Golden State has made major strides in clean-energy generation over the past decade. However, California still isn't getting this renewable energy onto the grid fast enough. The state has a power-generation capacity of 88 gigawatts (GW) and needs to add 7–8 GW of capacity every year over the next two decades to meet its energy transition goals. Unfortunately, the state has averaged a…
