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Wind and Solar Energy Take the Lead Over Hydropower

R-Squared Energy

Note: The is the final article in a series on the recently released 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Renewable Juggernaut Over the past decade, the global growth rate of renewable energy trounced every other energy source. Global Renewable Energy Consumption 1965-2022. exajoules of renewable energy.

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The total eclipse shows us how important solar energy is to the US

The Verge: Energy

. | Photo by Lori Van Buren / Albany Times Union via Getty Images You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, and the total eclipse is a stark reminder of that adage when it comes to the key role solar energy currently plays in the US. Grid managers have had to find backup sources of energy to cope with the eclipse.

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Become a Micro Generator: Beginner’s Guide to Solar Power Microgeneration

Green Living Guy

With energy prices on a steady upward trend, microgeneration has become increasingly popular among many households. It presented an opportunity for homeowners to reduce their carbon footprint and cut their energy bills simultaneously.

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Retail electricity provider Peninsula Clean Energy now offering 100% emission-free power

Renewable Energy World

Peninsula Clean Energy said it has begun providing 100 percent carbon-free electricity to all of its nearly 300,000 customers, which is ahead of California’s 2045 zero-emission power generation mandate and a step in helping the agency achieve its ultimate goal of providing all customers 100 percent renewable power on a 24/7 basis.

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Renewable energy sources produced 20% of U.S. electricity in first half of 2019

Solar Power World

Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for more than one-fifth (20.1%) of net domestic electrical generation during the first six months of 2019, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Solar accounted for 2.6% of U.S. electrical generation in 2019 — a 15% increase over 2018

Solar Power World

Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 18.2% of net domestic electrical generation during 2019, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). A year earlier, renewables’ share was 17.5%.

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U.S. renewable energy additions completely overwhelm those by natural gas in first months of 2020

Solar Power World

A review of FERC data by the SUN DAY Campaign has found that solar, wind and hydropower provided 85.7% electrical generating capacity added during the first two months of 2020 — completely overwhelming that provided by natural gas. of new U.S.