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Renewable Energy Beats Natural Gas for New Capacity in 2014
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Renewable Energy Beats Natural Gas for New Capacity in 2014

Thomas Schueneman January 29, 2015

It was a close race throughout the year, but in the end new generating capacity from renewable sources beat out new natural gas capacity by 1.16 percent in 2014. Of the 49.81 percent of new capacity from renewable energy, more than one-quarter, or 26.52 percent, came from wind energy while solar power provided another 20.40 […]Read More

Wind Energy Primary Source of New U.S. Generating Capacity in October
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Wind Energy Primary Source of New U.S. Generating Capacity in

Thomas Schueneman November 24, 2014

More than two-thirds of new U.S. generating capacity in October 2014 is from wind energy With the latest release of the Energy Infrastructure Update report by the Federal Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, wind energy emerged the leader in new U.S.  electrical generating capacity for October. Five new wind farms in Colorado, Kansas. Michigan, Nebraska and Texas came online […]Read More

Renewable Energy Provides 100 Percent of New Electrical Generation in July
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Renewable Energy Provides 100 Percent of New Electrical Generation in

Thomas Schueneman August 22, 2014

Data from the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report just released from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects shows that 100 percent of new U.S. electrical generating capacity put into service for July came from renewable energy sources. Those sources include 379 megawatts (MW) from wind energy, 21 MW of solar power and 5 MW […]Read More

Renewable Energy Provides 56 Percent of New Electrical Generation Capacity in First Half of 2014
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Renewable Energy Provides 56 Percent of New Electrical Generation Capacity

Thomas Schueneman July 21, 2014

Renewable energy on the march Keeping with the steady growth and adoption of renewable energy, the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report just released from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects states that wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and hydropower accounts for 55.7 percent of newly installed generating capacity in the U.S. for the first half of […]Read More

Non-Hydro Renewables Generate More Electricity Than Conventional Hydro for First Time
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Non-Hydro Renewables Generate More Electricity Than Conventional Hydro for First

Thomas Schueneman May 28, 2014

Historically large-hydro renewable sources like large dams have contributed most electrical generation from the combined renewable sources including wind, solar, biomass and geothermal. But the tide may be turning on the growing renewable energy mix. According preliminary data published in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest Electric Power Monthly report, non-hydro renewable energy sources generated 53.16 percent of all […]Read More

Renewables Account for 37 Percent of All New Electrical Generating Capacity in 2013
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Renewables Account for 37 Percent of All New Electrical Generating

Thomas Schueneman January 27, 2014

New electrical generating capacity in 2013 According to the just-released Energy Infrastructure Update report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Energy Projects, 37 percent of all new U.S. electrical generation deployed in 2013 came from renewable sources. Energy sources including biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind provided 5,279 megawatts (MW) of new installed […]Read More

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