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Will more than 80% of the new US electricity Generation Capacity in 2016 come from solar and wind?

Resolved :No

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Total Forecasters133

Community Prediction30%

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50%

community: 30%

Did this actually happen?No

Community Baseline Score

14.5

Community Peer Score

11.7

median 30.0%mean 30.5%

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Environment & Climate

Environmental science

Solar power in the United States

Wind power in the United States

Renewable energy in the United States

Solar physics

Physics

United States

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