Georgia’s Clean Energy Outpaces Fossil Fuels with New Nuclear Boost

For the first time ever, clean power generation topped electricity output from fossil fuels in Georgia this year as the U.S. state added the newest nuclear power plants in the country after years of delays and at more than double the cost.   Unit 3 and Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia, have started commercial operations in the past year, making Vogtle the biggest U.S. nuclear power plant with nearly 5 gigawatts (GW) of total generating capacity, surpassing the 4,210-MW Palo Verde plant in Arizona. The significance of the new…