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Renewables Dominate New US Electrical Generating Capacity in February
by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2014


Renewable energy sources, including hydropower, now account for 16.14% of total installed U.S. operating generating capacity.

According to the latest "Energy Infrastructure Update" report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects, wind and solar provided 80.9% of new installed U.S. electrical generating capacity for the month of February. Five new "units" of wind provided 99 MW while 12 units of solar provided 92%. In addition, one new unit of natural gas provided 45 MW.

For the first two months of 2014, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, water, wind) accounted for 91.9% of the 568 MW of new domestic electrical generating installed. Coal, oil, and nuclear provided none while natural gas and 1 MW of "other" provided the balance.

Renewable energy sources, including hydropower, now account for 16.14% of total installed U.S. operating generating capacity: water - 8.45%, wind - 5.26%, biomass - 1.37%, solar - 0.73%, and geothermal steam - 0.33%. This is more than nuclear (9.26%) and oil (4.05%) combined. *

"Another month dominated by renewables!" concluded Ken Bossong, Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign. "Only flat-earthers and climate-deniers can continue to question the fact that the age of renewable energy is now here."

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