CleanTechnica » US renewable Energy 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 = 10% of US Electricity Generation In August http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/us-electricity-generation-update/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/us-electricity-generation-update/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:03:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74383 UPDATE November 3: This article (including the top 3 charts and top table) has been updated to correct numbers used for fossil fuel and nuclear sources. I previously used “Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2004-August 2014 (Thousand Megawatthours)” of the EIA’s Electric Power Monthly report for those sources, when I

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/25/pretty-picture/feed/ 128 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 China Is #1 In Renewable Energy Investment, US #2, Japan #3 (CHART) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/china-1-renewable-energy-investment-us-2-japan-3-chart/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/china-1-renewable-energy-investment-us-2-japan-3-chart/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:43:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64957 With record-breaking solar installations in the US, and solar actually coming in as the #2 source of new electricity capacity in 2013, you might think the US was the #1 market in the world for renewable energy investment. Of course, if you follow how much renewable energy China is installing… or if you just read

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/china-1-renewable-energy-investment-us-2-japan-3-chart/feed/ 24 Credit Suisse Projects ~85% Of US Energy Demand Growth Coming From Renewables Through 2025 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/01/credit-suisse-projects-85-us-energy-growth-coming-renewables-2025/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/01/credit-suisse-projects-85-us-energy-growth-coming-renewables-2025/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2014 17:28:10 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60733 Credit Suisse on December 20 released a report with some quite bullish projections regarding renewable energy growth and generation in the United States, which someone in the solar industry kindly passed on to me. Here’s the short summary: Our take: We see an opportunity for renewable energy to take an increasing share of total US

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/01/credit-suisse-projects-85-us-energy-growth-coming-renewables-2025/feed/ 97 Renewable Energy Provided 99% Of All New Electricity Capacity In October http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/27/renewable-energy-provided-99-new-electricity-capacity-october/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/27/renewable-energy-provided-99-new-electricity-capacity-october/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:24:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59513 By The SUN DAY Campaign Washington DC – According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, solar, biomass, and wind “units” provided 694 MW of new electrical generating capacity last month or 99.3% of all new generation placed in-service (the balance of 5 MW was provided

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/15/renewable-energy-patents-booming/feed/ 0 National Survey: Nearly 90% Of Americans Say Government Should Act On Global Warming, Push Ahead On Clean Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/29/national-survey-nearly-90-of-americans-say-government-should-act-on-global-warming-push-ahead-on-clean-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/29/national-survey-nearly-90-of-americans-say-government-should-act-on-global-warming-push-ahead-on-clean-energy/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 15:48:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=52147 In contrast to a bitterly divided Congress, there is also broad public support for eliminating fossil fuel subsidies, taxing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, and lowering emissions regardless of what other countries may or may not do, according to a national survey conducted by 4C -- George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication and the Yale Center for Climate Change Communication

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/29/national-survey-nearly-90-of-americans-say-government-should-act-on-global-warming-push-ahead-on-clean-energy/feed/ 14 Friday Fun: Wind Fan http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/22/friday-fun-wind-fan/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/22/friday-fun-wind-fan/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49854 Here’s a bit of wind power fun for your Friday afternoon (or perhaps morning or evening): The image came from the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) facebook page, along with this short quote: “Wind energy made up 60.5% of all new U.S. electric generating capacity in January and February, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/22/friday-fun-wind-fan/feed/ 0 U.S. Solar PV Market Grew 76% In 2012 (Charts) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/14/u-s-solar-pv-market-grew-76-in-2012-charts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/14/u-s-solar-pv-market-grew-76-in-2012-charts/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:00:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49537 Last year was a record-breaking year for U.S. solar energy, as the PV industry grew by 76% in 2012 compared to 2011. The U.S. Solar Market Insight Report: Year In Review, co-authored by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association, said that 2012 PV solar installations were 3.31 GW, more than 40% all previous U.S.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/14/u-s-solar-pv-market-grew-76-in-2012-charts/feed/ 0 Join U.S. Solar Industry Google Hangout Today! http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/14/join-u-s-solar-industry-google-hangout-today/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/14/join-u-s-solar-industry-google-hangout-today/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:42:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49557 The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research are hosting an on-air Google Hangout at 11:00am EST today (less than three hours away as I’m typing this). You can join in here. This happens to remind me that CleanTechnica got SEIA on SEIA’s first ever Google Hangout back in October 2011. For a look

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/14/join-u-s-solar-industry-google-hangout-today/feed/ 2 DOE Issues Guidebook For Large-Scale Renewable Energy Development At Federal Facilities http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/13/doe-issues-guidebook-for-large-scale-renewable-energy-development-at-federal-facilities/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/13/doe-issues-guidebook-for-large-scale-renewable-energy-development-at-federal-facilities/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:00:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49455 Building capacity – capacity in terms of human resources, particularly – is key to driving the transition to a clean green energy system and society forward. Under the Obama Administration, federal government agencies – the EPA, Departments of Energy, Interior, Defense, and others – have been playing a leading role in blazing the trail toward

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/13/doe-issues-guidebook-for-large-scale-renewable-energy-development-at-federal-facilities/feed/ 4 2012 Solar Predictions Reviewed http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/2012-solar-predictions-reviewed/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/2012-solar-predictions-reviewed/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:00:50 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=48756 It took me awhile to get to this one, but this article by Rosana Francescato (originally published on the PV Solar Report) gives a pretty thorough overview of how various 2012 solar predictions fared. Of course, when reviewing predictions from numerous sources, there’s going to be quite a bit of variation (as Rosana notes at

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/2012-solar-predictions-reviewed/feed/ 5 Total Energy USA Set To Give A Sweeping View Of “All of the Above” US Energy Landscape http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/26/total-energy-usa-set-to-give-a-sweeping-view-of-all-of-the-above-us-energy-landscape/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/26/total-energy-usa-set-to-give-a-sweeping-view-of-all-of-the-above-us-energy-landscape/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:17:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=45446 Participants from across an increasingly diverse US energy sector are gathering in Houston for this week's Total Energy USA conference, which promises to provide a sweeping overview, as well as detailed specifics, throughout a fast-changing US energy landscape.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/26/total-energy-usa-set-to-give-a-sweeping-view-of-all-of-the-above-us-energy-landscape/feed/ 0 Study Shows Renewable Energy Potential in Every State http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/27/study-shows-renewable-energy-potential-in-every-state/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/27/study-shows-renewable-energy-potential-in-every-state/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:58:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=40781   A new study produced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has shown that every state in the United States of America has the space and resources to generate clean energy. The report, U.S. RE Technical Potential, looked at the available renewable resources in every state in the nation, and established

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/sub-500-kw-pv-projects-boom-industry-in-us/feed/ 0 US Creates Zones to Boost Solar Energy Development http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/us-creates-zones-to-boost-solar-energy-development/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/us-creates-zones-to-boost-solar-energy-development/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:00:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=40741   This week, the Obama Administration announced a plan that would allow access to public land in six US south-western states to speed up solar energy development, while still protecting environmentally sensitive land. The plan, according to the Department of Interior (DOI) news release, would cover 285,000 acres of public land across the states of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/us-creates-zones-to-boost-solar-energy-development/feed/ 1 1,000 GW of Wind Power Could be Generated in Atlantic http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/1000-gw-of-wind-power-could-be-generated-in-atlantic/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/26/1000-gw-of-wind-power-could-be-generated-in-atlantic/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:00:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=40727   According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), offshore wind power in the Atlantic has the potential to generate 1,000 GW of power. The US does not have any commercial offshore wind power farms currently, though. The fact that the US is such a wealthy and technologically advanced country with some environmental awareness and regulations but has such a

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