CleanTechnica » US wind 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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