Yes. but its got a few issues.
1. Calif has tons of space to install billions of expensive panels.
2. The output of the panels degrades over time. Faster in places where theres a lot of sun... He has not included a price to replace it all in 20 years...
3. Solar do nothing at all at night when we need the lights on.
4. When no wind, as today, I am looking out across hundreds of miles of wind farms in the north sea, that are still. No power at all.
5. California has a approx 1 to 2 variation from winter to summer. In much of the world thats a reduction of 5 or 6 times in winter.
6. Wind farms at sea where most are in the UK because unlike california, no space, corrode at a horrible rate and are permanantly being replaced and repaired as they begin to age. So here a 20 year life is very unlikely. And these things cost a $$$$$$...
And now the biggest ussue.
https://smarterbusiness.co.uk/average-g ... -usage-uk/We in the UK average 10kWh per house per day. And 4x that in gas for heat. (0 in summer and 8x as much in winter.)
We have a gov that have banned all fossil fuel car sales from 2025 in 5 years. Each 100kwh car battery needs 10x as much power as the house. If its driven a long way. Lets say it only needs half a charge at 50kWh daily. Now the domestic house requires not 10kWh, but 60kWh. Its actually much worse if we consider that most houses will have more than 1 car. Look around! We will ignore all the public transport, 2nd cars, trucks, aviation, farming etc, and industrial use. So just domestic car use will increase demand by approx 500%
Now consider this. Our green government idiots, also decided that gas central heating boilers that 90% of all houses here use, because its cold, are to be replaced by heat pumps to 'save' the planet, I forget the date but its soon. On average in the UK we use 4x more energy from gas, than electricity, but thats an average. In winter its 8x. In summer zero. So that means we will now need to have a grid capable of a lot of extra power. Lets say a heat pump averages 10x as much energy as a house in winter. But the problem is worse because on cold winter days they are not as efficient. But we will ignore that, and lets call it HALF of that - so 5x average. So now we need 50kWh for heat. 10 kWh house. And 50kWh to charge a car. A total of 110kWh per day. Up from 10. a 10X INCREASE in required electricity !!! How does that factor into the going green energy generation?