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Jay Gulledge, Visiting Professor of Practice in Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee

Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?

A technician walks through a solar farm in Goma, Congo, in 2025. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa

You might not know it from the headlines, but there is some good news about the global fight against climate change.

A decade ago, the cheapest way to meet growing demand for electricity was to build more coal or natural gas power plants. Not anymore. Solar and wind power aren’t just better for the climate; they’re also less expensive today than fossil fuels at utility scale, and they’re less harmful to people’s health.

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