CleanTechnica » US renewable energy capacity http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Renewable Energy = 68% of New Electricity Capacity In September http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/renewable-energy-68-new-electricity-capacity-september/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/renewable-energy-68-new-electricity-capacity-september/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 09:17:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74379 The latest monthly numbers on electricity production capacity additions have been released by FERC. The result is another big month for renewable energy… and natural gas. As you can see in the first chart above, wind power accounted for the majority (61%) of new power capacity. Natural gas accounted for 19%, nuclear 12%, and solar 7%.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/renewable-energy-68-new-electricity-capacity-september/feed/ 30 92.1% of New Electricity Capacity From Renewables In 1st Quarter of 2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/20/92-1-new-electricity-capacity-renewables-1st-quarter-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/20/92-1-new-electricity-capacity-renewables-1st-quarter-2014/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2014 17:50:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65656 Marking renewable energy project growth is fun and exciting, but more important is to put it into broader perspective. How much is renewable energy growing compared to other sources? How much of our electricity capacity and supply does it account for right now? How much is it cutting our use of fossil fuels? This Solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/20/92-1-new-electricity-capacity-renewables-1st-quarter-2014/feed/ 28 Solar = 100% Of New Power Capacity In March, Renewables = 82% In Q1 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/12/solar-100-of-new-power-capacity-in-march-renewables-82-in-q1/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/12/solar-100-of-new-power-capacity-in-march-renewables-82-in-q1/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:05:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50686 Editor’s note: I write about solar and wind power obsessively, almost every day. Still, FERC’s recent numbers came as a bit of a surprise to me. Over 28% of new US power capacity in Q1 was from large-scale solar installations (small- and medium-scale installations would actually boost solar’s percentage of the pie considerably, but they’re

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