Report: Transmission and renewables would reduce carbon emissions, generation costs in western United States

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: If all the high-voltage transmission currently under construction and in advanced stages of permitting is built by 2030 in the Western United States—enabling the construction of new renewable energy projects—carbon dioxide emissions in the Western United States would drop by 73% compared to 2005. Energy generation costs would also decrease 32% by 2030, compared to a reference case where most of these projects are not...