Solar & Wind Provided 11% of US Electricity in First 2 Months of 2021
Following our US Power Capacity Report for the first two months of 2020, which showed that 99.7% of new US … [continued]
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Solar, Wind, Coal, Nuclear, & Nat Gas US Electricity Generation Changes 2010–2020
How has US electricity generation from solar power, wind power, coal power, natural gas, and nuclear shifted in the past 11 years? Let me show you.
Renewables = 20.6% of US Electricity in 2020
2020 US electricity generation data are in from the US Energy Information Administration. Crunching the numbers, renewable energy accounted for … [continued]
Revenue-to-Cost Ratios for Solar PV & Natural Gas — U.S. EIA Forecast by Region &…
Editor’s note: Note that this evaluation does not take social, environmental, or public health costs into account, and natural gas … [continued]
Nuclear & Coal Will Account for Majority of U.S. Generating Capacity Retirements in 2021
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest inventory of electric generators, 9.1 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity is scheduled to retire in 2021. Nuclear generating capacity will account for the largest share of total capacity retirements (56%), followed by coal (30%).
U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption Surpasses Coal For 1st Time In Over 130 Years
In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar.
Latest EIA Report Predicts Renewables In US Will Outpace Coal For All Of 2020
The EIA predicts renewables will supply more electricity to the US grid than coal for the balance of this year. The trend for renewables is up. The trend for coal is down and getting worse.
Wind & Solar = 11% Of Electricity Generation In January & February In USA
The SUN DAY Campaign recently reported that 11% of US electricity generation in the months of January and February was from wind and solar power.
7 Things To Know About Decarbonization In The American Energy Innovation Act
A new legislative package on energy is working its way through the U.S. Senate. The American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA) is a compilation of dozens of energy bills that have passed the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, most with bipartisan support.
EIA Releases 2050 Projections For Energy & Makes It Clear That It Hasn’t Been Paying…
It’s unclear why the EIA 2050 projections are so skewed from observable realities of costs, age of fleets, and global industry transformation. Like most major energy analysis organizations, they are very poor at predicting the rapidly declining costs of wind and solar, very poor at predicting the rapidity of growth of those technologies, and very poor at understanding that the existing technologies are fairly radically outcompeted.
