Stat of the Day: Wind and Solar at 4.72 Percent of U.S. Electricity: In the excitement over the news that all

Stat of the Day: Wind and Solar at 4.72 Percent of US Electricity

Stat of the Day: Wind and Solar at 4.72 Percent of U.S. Electricity: In the excitement over the news that all

In the excitement over the news that all new U.S. electricity generation for September 2012 came from wind and solar, as reported in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statistics , the bigger picture went less noticed. The cumulative installed electricity generating capacity of wind is now up to 4.43 percent of the U.S. portfolio and, adding solar’s rapidly growing 0.29 percent piece, the two biggest potential renewables resources are at almost 5 percent (4.72 percent) of U.S. capacity. Moreover, by adding in hydropower (8.51 percent), biomass (1.25 percent), geothermal (0.31 percent) and waste heat (0.07 percent), renewables now constitute almost 15 percent (14.86 percent) of U.S. electricity generating capacity. Gone are the days when advocates for the traditional generation industries could dismiss renewables as playing an insignificant role , particularly since they ...

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Wind and Solar now account for nearly 5% of US electricity generating capacity: [link]
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