Two renewable resources, wind and solar, together have produced more power than coal through July—a first for the U.S.
  • @onlinepersonaOPEnglish
    3•28 days ago

    But the most recent statistics showed why wind and solar are on track in 2024 to exceed coal generation for an entire calendar year

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    EIA previously reported that renewable generation eclipsed coal in 2020 and 2022 and then repeated the feat in 2023. But those figures notably included other resources such as hydropower. Now wind and solar are posed to overtake coal on their own.