New Energy Taking Over

New U.S. EIA And FERC Reports Indicate Renewables On Track To Lead New Generating Capacity In 2019…

Ken Bossong, December 30, 2019 (SUN DAY Campaign)

“..[Data for the first ten months of 2019 shows New Energy] (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) is on track to place first [for the year] in the race for new U.S. electrical generating capacity added…[Through October 31, 2019, natural gas holds a diminishing lead] with 49.67% of all new generating capacity compared to 48.45% for the mix of renewables (i.e., wind - 28.55%, solar - 18.59%, hydropower - 0.83%, biomass - 0.41%, geothermal - 0.06%)…

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…[According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the] balance of new capacity added includes nuclear power (0.99%), oil (0.49%), coal (0.39%), and "other" (0.01%)…[But in] October, gas added just 1-MW of new capacity while the mix of renewables added 721-MW. New renewables capacity - mostly wind and solar - also exceeded that of gas in July, August, and September…[And, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), an additional 7.2 GW of new wind capacity was expected] in December 2019…

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…[That is] roughly equal to the total of new gas capacity (7.8 GW) brought on-line in the ten months since the beginning of the year…[S]olar-generated electricity in October 2019 was 21.65% higher than in October 2018 while YTD, solar's electrical output was 14.59% higher than for the same time-frame a year earlier. Small-scale solar photovoltaics (e.g., rooftop solar systems) alone grew by 19.22% YTD…[Natural gas grew] just 6.71%. Nuclear power grew by a mere 0.08% while coal-generated electricity plunged by 14.46%...” click here for more

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