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77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity was in wind and solar, In November

solar,-wind-aghastWind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November Clean Technica December 23rd, 2014 by   “……. I have included an estimate of non-utility-scale solar (i.e., residential and commercial solar) in the numbers below……The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Energy Projects released its monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” on Tuesday, and the big winners from the month of November seem to be wind and solar, which combined added up to over 70% of all new electrical generating capacity placed into service during the month. If you add in our estimate for non-utility-scale solar, the market share of solar and wind rises to 77%.

And as Ken Bossong, Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign, says, this is a good thing:

“With only one month left in 2014, it has become a horse race between natural gas and renewable energy as to which will dominate new electrical generation for the year. Regardless of the winner, it is apparent that coal, oil, and nuclear will be left behind in the dust.”………  https://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/

December 26, 2014 - Posted by | renewable, USA

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