New data from USEIA shows emissions from the electricity sector are now lower than those from transportation for the first time in 40 years. Closing coal power plants has been the one factor most responsible for the change.
Renewable energy sources in the United States grew by another 10% in the first half of 2017, according to new figures published by the country’s Energy Information Administration and highlighted by Ken Bossong’s Sun Day Campaign.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published figures showing that solar and wind together provided a majority of new capacity during the first quarter of 2017.
Accompanying my latest report on US electricity generation capacity, this article covers the latest figures on US electricity generation (that is, actual electricity produced, not just production capability). While the capacity numbers come from FERC and my own estimates, the generation data and estimates now come from the US Energy Information … [continued]
Using data from FERC and rooftop solar power estimates of my own*, it seems that 69% of newly installed US electricity generation capacity was from renewable energy power plants, with 67% from solar and wind power. In the month of December, 100% of new power capacity came from wind and … [continued]
Following our monthly electricity capacity report, here’s CleanTechnica‘s latest US electricity generation report, in which we add estimated rooftop solar generation to the EIA’s latest figures (released yesterday) and make it all much more consumable and useful for the average Joe or Jill (or Muhammad or Selena or whatever). While … [continued]
This article originally appeared on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Ever since the US saw its CO2 emissions hit a 20-year low last year, the widely held belief has been that natural gas played the dominant role by pushing coal out of the market. But, as Stephen Lacey reports over on GreentechEfficiency, researchers … [continued]
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 … [continued]
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. […]
