Renewables beat natural gas on power generation in U.S. in 2014
US Geothermal Plants and Potential (Source: http://www.eia.gov/state/maps.cfm)
Alexander Richter
6 Şub 2015
Renewable Energy World reports that green energy is slowly but surely gaining a more prominent position in the US energy market and currently rules on new electrical generation.
Renewable energy has had a tight race with natural gas over the past year. In a recent article in Renewable Energy World, green energy is taking over, at least in new energy generation and are slowly but steadily gaining a bigger presence in the overall energy landscape. According to REW, “the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, wind) provided nearly half (49.81 percent – 7,663 MW) of new electrical generation brought into service during 2014 while natural gas accounted for 48.65 percent (7,485 MW).”
Green energy is still too small, at least from our perspective, since it totals a 16.63% of the overall market, but it is improving nonetheless. The same source breaks down the different energy sources by “total installed operating generating capacity in the U.S.: water – 8.42 percent, wind – 5.54 percent, biomass – 1.38 percent, solar – 0.96 percent, and geothermal steam – 0.33 percent. Renewable energy capacity is now greater than that of nuclear (9.14 percent) and oil (3.94 percent) combined.”
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Source: Renewable Energy World
