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Clean Grid

Set a mix of solar, wind, storage, and grid upgrades and see the emissions avoided and the payback — the engineering case for decarbonizing, in seconds. Transparent, illustrative model.

Clean-energy mix

5 GW

1 GW of solar displaces ~1.3 Mt CO2/yr vs. a gas-heavy grid; ~$0.9B installed.

4 GW

1 GW of wind runs at a higher capacity factor: ~1.5 Mt CO2/yr; ~$1.1B installed.

8 GWh

Storage shifts clean power into peak hours, avoiding ~0.4 Mt CO2/yr per GWh; ~$0.3B.

3 $B

Transmission upgrades unlock stranded renewables: ~0.6 Mt CO2/yr of headroom per $1B.

CO₂ avoided / yr

17.5 Mt

Capital cost

$14.3B

Payback

2 yr

The cleanest, cheapest path is the one with the lowest cost per ton avoided — this mix is $0.82B per Mt/yr. Transparent, illustrative model.

cleangrid.audit
$ cleangrid compute
solar     5 GW
wind      4 GW
storage   8 GWh
grid      3 $B
co2_avoided = 17.5 Mt/yr
cost = $14.3B · carbon_value = 0.4 $B/Mt
payback = 2 yr
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