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Solar PV Generation Doubles (Monthly US Electricity Generation Report)
Following up on my first monthly report on US electricity generation by source, here’s the next one. Electricity generation data takes longer to gather than capacity data, so the EIA’s electricity...
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Renewables Over 13% of US Electricity Production Jan–Oct 2014
Electricity generation across the whole US doesn’t change a ton from month to month, but the seasons and slow changes in power capacity do bring some shifts. For example, electricity generation from...
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Renewables = 14.8% Of US Electricity In November
Time for another monthly US electricity generation report. The general takeaway for those focused on our transition to renewable energy is that renewables were up to 14.8% of US electricity generation...
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Renewable Energy = 13.4% Of US Electricity Generation In 2014 (Exclusive)
Following up on our latest renewable energy capacity report, below are US electricity generation numbers for December 2014, 2014 as a whole, and 2013. As stated in the title, renewables contributed...
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US Electricity From Wind Beat Hydro For 1st Time Ever In November (Exclusive)
The US Energy Information Administration now has electricity generation figures up for December 2014, but one of our readers, Christopher Patusky, actually spotted a very interesting milestone from...
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Renewables = 17% of US Electricity Production In April (Exclusive)
Following my latest US electricity capacity report, let’s look at actual electricity generation. As the headline indicates, renewables accounted for 17% (or 17.1% if you want to be slightly more...
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Renewables = 15% Of US Electricity In May
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...
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Did CleanTechnica Push The US EIA To Include Distributed Solar Generation In...
Approximately one year ago, I decided to start adding small-scale solar generation (mostly rooftop solar generation) estimates to the electricity generation data the US Energy Information...
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Renewables = 13.6% Of US Electricity In October
To supplement our monthly US renewable energy capacity report, which is always a lot more upbeat than our electricity generation report, here’s the October electricity generation breakdown. Renewables...
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Renewables = 16% of US Electricity in November 2015
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...
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US Wind & Solar Electricity Generation Grew By 20,659 MWh In 2015 (2015 US...
US wind and solar electricity generation grew by 20,659 MWh in 2015, compared to the full year 2014. That’s compared to fossil fuel electricity generation dropping by 18,041 MWh. Unfortunately, in part...
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Renewables = 99% Of New Electricity Capacity In Q1 2016 In USA (CleanTechnica...
For various reasons, I’ve decided to start doing our US electricity generation capacity reports and US electricity generation reports once a quarter (instead of monthly), and I’ve also decided to start...
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Renewables = 43% Of New Electricity Capacity In USA In H1 2016 (CleanTechnica...
It’s time for CleanTechnica‘s quarterly electricity report, which now includes both a capacity report and a generation report (we used to publish these separately). The grid continues to get cleaner...
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Solar + Wind = 10% of US Electricity Generation in 1st Half of 2018
To complement our revival of US electricity capacity reports, here's a new report on US electricity generation. As with the capacity report, things are not looking too bright. There's still a lot of...
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US Electricity: Solar Up 15%, Wind Up 9%
"Small-scale solar photovoltaics (e.g., rooftop solar systems) alone grew by 19.22% YTD. Compared to all other energy sources, solar-generated electricity has enjoyed the fastest growth rate thus far...
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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
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Renewable Energy = 22.2% of US Electricity in 1st Half of 2020 (Charts)
Following up on our report on US power capacity additions in the first half of 2020, this article covers electricity generation in the first half of 2020. It splits out electricity generation by...
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Coal Dropped from 26.9% of US Electricity to 17.7% in 2 Years — So Much For...
Electricity from coal power plants has declined from 26.9% of US electricity generation in the first 7 months of 2018 to 17.7% of US electricity in the first 7 months of 2020. Furthermore, that's down...
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In the first 3 quarters of 2020, while renewable energy accounted for 70% of new power capacity in the country, it still accounted for just 20.4% of total electricity generation in those 9 months
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In the first 10 months of 2020, renewable energy sources accounted for 20.4% of United States electricity generation. That's up from 17.5% in the same time period in 2018.
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