The US is down low on the list. One reason is because the US has 96 nuclear power plants that generate about 20% of the total power. But new wind and solar are being built in many states so the US will be higher in the list as years pass.
Here is the source of the meme:
https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSBook/Countries100Pct.pdf
–The list ranks countries and US states by their actual wind/water/sun power as a percent of their total electrical use.|
–The top 60 countries are a composite 74% WWS
–Also note: three of the top five economies are on track to be net zero by 2050: China, Germany, and California
–The top 11 US WWS states tend to be in the lowest $/kWh retail rate bracket
–From other data (CAIDI, SAIDI…) those 11 states are in the higher reliability bracket
–Renewables are 30% of all GW and TWh/yr of electrical power today, 50% by 2035, and 90% by 2050
–Electrification (eg. EV, heat pumps, efficiency, conservation) will provide as many “negawatts” of load reduction as renewables provide in generation
–Renewables are 95% of all new electrical infrastructure
–Renewables are firmed by the temporal overlay of wind/water/sun, plus peak shifted hydropower, plus storage, demand response control, distributed resources, smart grids, and transactive hypergrids like XLinks.co
–The $/kWh rate of firmed renewables technology drops 50% every 5-10 years
–The cost of battery storage (and EV battery) dropped 40% in 2024, after falling 90% the previous decade, LFP battery warranty is now essentially lifetime.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/world-passes-30-renewable-electricity-milestone/
NET ZERO 2050 PLANS
IEA International Energy Agency
https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050
Jacobson (most detail)
https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/145Country/22-145Countries.pdf
Biden for US
https://www.sustainability.gov/pdfs/united-states-nzgi-roadmap.pdf
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
https://www.irena.org/Publications/2024/Nov/World-Energy-Transitions-Outlook-2024
NRDC for US Natural Resource Defense Council
https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/clean-energy-pathways-net-zero-2050-report.pdf
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