If you plug in an electric car today, chances are you’re drawing electricity that comes from fossil fuel sources, not renewable energy. Gas- and coal-fired power plants generate 78 percent of Colorado’s electricity. Wind, solar and hydro power make up just 22 percent.
Colorado has a long way to go in pursuit of 100 percent green energy. An important key to a future with renewables though will be storage.
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