The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower) provided 96.3% of the domestic electrical generating capacity added in January and February 2022, according to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign. According to the latest issue of FERC’s” Energy…
Renewables growth to far exceed initial projections, finds FERC
According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), within the past month, the agency has dramatically revised its three-year forecast for changes in the U.S. electrical generating capacity mix. Sharp declines are foreseen for fossil fuels and nuclear power while accompanied by even…
U.S. wind generating capacity rapidly closing in on hydropower’s lead
According to a new analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), new wind and solar generating capacity have taken the lead over natural gas and all other energy sources for the first month of 2019. The FERC’s Energy Infrastructure Update report (with data through January…
FERC data suggests renewable capacity could be quadruple that of fossil fuels by 2021
According to an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of the latest data released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), natural gas dominated new electrical generating capacity in 2018. However, renewable energy sources (such as solar wind, geothermal, and hydropower) may be poised to swamp fossil fuels as new generating capacity is added over…
Renewable sources provide nearly all new electrical generating capacity in Q1 2018
Wind, solar, and other renewable sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower) accounted for almost 95% of all new U.S. electrical generation placed into service in the first quarter of this year, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of data released today by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC’s latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” (with summary statistics for January, February, and March 2018) shows…
Wind helped provide all new U.S. electrical generating capacity in January 2013
According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, 1,231 MW of new in-service electrical generating capacity came on line in the United States in January 2013 — all from wind, solar, and biomass sources. This represents a nearly three-fold increase in new renewable energy generating…