Solar Overtakes Coal in US Electricity for the First Month on Record`
karakoram
24 points
7 comments
June 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
smallerize
Does this include residential solar? How do they measure or estimate that?
visha1v
incredible milestone, but getting the power where it needs to go and storing it at scale are still the biggest problems. making the power is solved, moving it is next.
ChrisArchitect
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492306