{"id":18576,"date":"2025-11-01T17:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/11\/01\/hydropower-solar-and-wind-driving-californias-clean-energy-transition\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T17:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:49:54","slug":"hydropower-solar-and-wind-driving-californias-clean-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/11\/01\/hydropower-solar-and-wind-driving-californias-clean-energy-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydropower, solar, and wind driving California\u2019s clean-energy transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaWzNUdapBE?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hydropower, solar, and wind driving California\u2019s clean-energy transition | California&#8217;s Power Struggle<\/p>\n<p>California is moving closer to its goal of 100% carbon-free energy by 2045 through a mix of solar, wind, hydropower, and innovative projects. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District\u2019s Sierra Nevada reservoirs provide reliable hydropower, while statewide solar expansion has made it California\u2019s largest energy source. Massive new projects like the Darden and Cornucopia solar farms, along with canal-top solar in Turlock, aim to balance supply and demand. Despite challenges, 67% of California\u2019s electricity came from renewables in 2023, setting another record in the state\u2019s clean-energy transition.<\/p>\n<p>#CleanEnergy #California #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #WindEnergy #Hydropower #SMUD<\/p>\n<p>Get the news today live and weather with the free ABC10+ TV streaming app:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/about-us\/ways-to-watch\/103-3d52e2e3-d05f-45f8-9133-26ceb89d605d\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/about-us\/ways-to-watch\/103-3d52e2e3-d05f-45f8-9133-26ceb89d605d<\/a><br \/>Subscribe at: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/vai8Eu\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/vai8Eu<\/a><br \/>Find ABC10 online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/<\/a><br \/>Sign up for our newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/email\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/email<\/a> <br \/>Stream ABC10 on Roku: <a href=\"https:\/\/channelstore.roku.com\/details\/63398\/abc10\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/channelstore.roku.com\/details\/63398\/abc10<\/a><br \/>Stream ABC10 on Amazon Fire: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gannett-Broadcasting-ABC-10-Fire\/dp\/B01E0H2KZQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gannett-Broadcasting-ABC-10-Fire\/dp\/B01E0H2KZQ<\/a><br \/>Stream ABC10 on AppleTV: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/abc10-news-weather-traffic\/id469397853?mt=8<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/abc10-news-weather-traffic\/id469397853?mt=8<br<\/a> \/>Like ABC10 on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ABC10tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ABC10tv\/<\/a> <br \/>Like ABC10 on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/abc10tv\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/abc10tv<\/a><br \/>Follow ABC10 on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC10\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC10<\/a><br \/>App download Android: <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.gannett.local.library.news.kxtv&#038;hl=en_US<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.gannett.local.library.news.kxtv&#038;hl=en_US<br<\/a> \/>App download iPhone: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/abc10-news-weather-traffic\/id469397853\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/abc10-news-weather-traffic\/id469397853<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hydropower, solar, and wind driving California\u2019s clean-energy transition | California&#8217;s Power Struggle California is moving closer to its goal of 100% carbon-free energy by 2045 through a mix of solar, wind, hydropower, and innovative projects. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District\u2019s Sierra Nevada reservoirs provide reliable hydropower, while statewide solar expansion has made it California\u2019s largest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":18577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60806,13144,60803,60796,60813,60808,60800,60805,60804,60811,60801,60810,60807,60797,60812,60809,60798,60802,60799],"tags":[60788,13129,60785,60778,60795,60790,60782,60787,60786,60793,60783,60792,60789,60779,60794,60791,60780,60784,60781],"class_list":["post-18576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2045-carbon-free-goal","category-abc10","category-battery-storage-california","category-california-clean-energy","category-california-energy-news","category-california-renewable-record","category-carbon-free-grid","category-cornucopia-hybrid-project","category-darden-clean-energy-project","category-hydropower-sierra-nevada","category-renewable-energy-transition","category-renewable-power-innovation","category-sacramento-municipal-utility-district","category-smud-hydropower","category-solar-and-wind-california","category-solar-milestones","category-solar-power-california","category-turlock-canal-solar-project","category-wind-energy-california","tag-2045-carbon-free-goal","tag-abc10","tag-battery-storage-california","tag-california-clean-energy","tag-california-energy-news","tag-california-renewable-record","tag-carbon-free-grid","tag-cornucopia-hybrid-project","tag-darden-clean-energy-project","tag-hydropower-sierra-nevada","tag-renewable-energy-transition","tag-renewable-power-innovation","tag-sacramento-municipal-utility-district","tag-smud-hydropower","tag-solar-and-wind-california","tag-solar-milestones","tag-solar-power-california","tag-turlock-canal-solar-project","tag-wind-energy-california"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}