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Search results for "Wind and solar have generated more electricity than fossil fuels for a record 15 months in a row"

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Fact-checks (25962)

Chris Wright stated on April 19, 2026 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2026
James O'Neil stated on September 01, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference.":
"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 8, 2013
Jeanne Ives stated on December 01, 2016 in a floor speech:
"Germany managed to increase its use of renewables and its output of carbon dioxide at the same time -- because it resorted to cheap coal to keep the lights on at a price its people could afford."
By Kevin Hoffman• December 16, 2016
Greg Abbott stated on February 16, 2021 in an interview:
"Our wind and our solar got shut down ... and that thrust Texas into this situation where it was lacking power at a statewide basis.”
By Brandon Mulder• February 19, 2021
Joe Biden stated on January 27, 2021 in remarks when signing climate change executive orders:
“84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”
By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2021
Louie Gohmert stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.:
Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.”
By Jason Asenso• August 17, 2021
U.S. Energy Department stated on September 05, 2025 in a post on X:
“Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and when the wind is not blowing.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2025
Eli Bremer stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:
“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 28, 2022
Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2019 in a speech:
"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."
By John Kruzel• April 3, 2019
Barack Obama stated on January 09, 2015 in a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.:
"We’ve doubled the production of clean energy."
By Joshua Gillin• January 20, 2015
Barack Obama stated on March 12, 2016 in remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception:
"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 12, 2016
Herman Cain stated on October 04, 2011 in his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House":
The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs."
By Willoughby Mariano• October 18, 2011
Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."
By Taylor Goldenstein• March 26, 2021
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
By Joshua Gillin• January 21, 2015
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video:
2018 interview shows Bill Gates has changed his position on clean energy
By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 4, 2022
Barack Obama stated on September 08, 2012 in a speech in Seminole, Fla.:
"We've doubled our use of renewable energy."
By Louis Jacobson• September 11, 2012
Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2015 in a meme on social media:
Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."
By Louis Jacobson• January 15, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing:
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012
Deepwater Wind stated on December 12, 2012 in a Tweet:
"Did U know? Block Island Wind Farm would mean 40% est. drop in BI electric rates."
By John Hill• December 29, 2012
Lara Logan stated on February 19, 2021 in a TV segment:
"The reality" in Texas is that "you’re flying helicopters, using fossil fuels, to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 24, 2021

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