Even worse, I’d image those numbers are installed capacity, not utilised.
Comment on 86% of New US Electric Utility Generation Capacity Coming from Non-Fossil Fuels in 2023
Dazza@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think this looks better than it is. Sure, new energy generation coming from green sources is good but proportionally of existing sources it’s very small.
Total energy generated in US is 4 trillion KWh
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Darkhoof@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can easily check the percentage of electricity generated by non-fossil fuel sources. By that metric Wind and Solar already surpassed coal in 2022. Ofcourse, total energy also includes transportation and other sectors so that is a different metric.