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Utah balances fossil fuels with clean energy, including wind, solar and geothermal.

The state added 325 solar jobs in 2023, totaling 7,634 statewide positions.

SALT LAKE CITY — Against a backdrop of "drill baby drill," how does clean energy survive, and is the United States of America properly invested?

Utah is well known for using a variety of methods and approaches to energy generation. Beaver and Millard counties in central Utah are a corridor for wind farms, solar plants and geothermal exploration. Those projects have garnered international attention.

But the Beehive State still relies heavily on fossil fuels as well.

The latest sustainable method the state is interested in pursuing is nuclear energy alternatives.

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