Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:36:18 +0000
Solar and wind power continue to dominate new power capacity in the United States. July was actually a poor month relatively speaking, with just 56% of new power capacity coming from renewable energy sources due to a notable fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) capacity addition, but for the first 7 months of the year as […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:48:01 +0000
New US Power Capacity by Source Renewable energy power plants continue to dominate new power capacity additions in the United States. In December, approximately 80% of new power capacity in the country came from renewables, following an even bigger month of November in which the split was 90% for renewables. For the full year, renewables […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:00:23 +0000
“Small-scale solar photovoltaics (e.g., rooftop solar systems) alone grew by 19.22% YTD. Compared to all other energy sources, solar-generated electricity has enjoyed the fastest growth rate thus far in 2019.” Natural gas generation grew by 6.71%, nuclear energy generation grew by 0.8%, and coal-generated electricity generation declined by 14.46%