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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts) Thu Dec 25, 2014, 02:46 AM Dec 2014

Wind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/

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%.

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Wind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November (Original Post) grahamhgreen Dec 2014 OP

Great news! silverweb Dec 2014 #1

Merry Christmas! grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #2

Thank you! silverweb Dec 2014 #3

Too bad natural gas is so high, but REALLY GOOD to see coal way down on the chart! RiverLover Dec 2014 #4

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

1. Great news!

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 03:08 AM

Dec 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]More, please....

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)

2. Merry Christmas!

Reply to silverweb (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 11:07 AM

Dec 2014

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

3. Thank you!

Reply to grahamhgreen (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 02:27 PM

Dec 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And to you!

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)

4. Too bad natural gas is so high, but REALLY GOOD to see coal way down on the chart!

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 02:48 PM

Dec 2014

As individual generating technologies, natural gas will walk away the winner this year — of that there is no doubt. As can be seen in the chart and table below, natural gas has already installed 5,513 MW so far this year, while wind and solar have only reached 2,525 MW and 3,679 MW (including our non-FERC estimate).

Thanks for posting, graham!!

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